Franciscan Women
Female Identities and Religious Culture Medieval and Beyond
David Couturier
Lezlie Knox
9781576594445
274 pages
The Franciscan Institute
Overview
This volume collects papers originally presented at an innovative conference sponsored by the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University. That meeting brought cutting-edge academic research into dialogue with the experiences of those living in the Franciscan tradition as sisters, friars, and affiliated laity. Individual chapters now expand this conversation by presenting new research on Franciscan women in Europe and the Americas, with case studies ranging from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries. Readers thus will find both focused analyses of individual women and communities, as well as essays that consider theological and pastoral applications from the historical evidence. It is the editors' hope that the volume can lay a foundation for future collaborations.
Author Bio
David B. Couturier, OFM Cap., PhD, DMin, is Director of the Franciscan Institute and Associate Professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University (New York). He also holds an appointment as Dean R. Hoge Professor of Pastoral Planning and Church Management at the Graduate Theological Foundation (Indiana). He is a graduate of St. Anselm College (summa cum laude), Maryknoll School of Theology (magna cum laude), The Institute of Psychology in Rome (magna cum laude) and the Graduate Theological Foundation (summa cum laude). He has served as Dean of the School of Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University and Dean of the School of Theology at St. Mary's Seminary and University. His latest books include, The Voice of Victims, The Voice of the Crucified and Franciscan Women: Female Identities and Religious Culture, Medieval and Beyond from Franciscan Institute Publications (www.franciscanpublications.com).Lezlie Knox brings an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of the Middle Ages drawn from her undergraduate majors in History and Art History (at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) and her graduate training at Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute. Dr. Knox works with BA and MA students whose interests range across the Middle Ages, and she would welcome applications from doctoral students whose research is based in sixteenth-century Europe.
