New Titles

The Daily Labor of the Early Franciscans by David Flood, O.F.M. (2010) In his early studies, Flood focused on the history of the brotherhood with special emphasis on the development of the Early Rule. Eventually, however, the social structures of early Franciscan life led to the economics of the early Franciscan movement and the importance of work in the life of Francis and his companions. Told from the vantage point of a historian, Flood leads the reader through his analysis of the early movement.

1-57659-156-5 $30.00

Rule of the Friars Minor, 1209-2009: Historical Perspectives, Lived Realities. (2010) Spirit and Life 14. This volume makes available the results of a unique conference held at the Franciscan Institute in April 2009 to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Order of Friars Minor through the confirmation of the propositum vitae of the early friars by Pope Innocent III om April 16, 1209. This conference brought together for a brief but intense period of time two groups of people who do not often dialogue with each other: scholars of the Rule and practitioners of the Rule–those who study the Rule in an academic manner and those given the responsibility by their provinces of teaching and modeling the practice of the Rule in daily life. To that end, this volume presents six scholarly essays and nine interventions offered by friars from nine different areas of the globe who shared the challenges of living the Rule in diverse cultural, national and religious contexts.

1-57659-212-X $20.00

Women of the Streets, Early Franciscan Women and Their Mendicant Vocation by Darleen Pryds. (2010) This book about mendicant women outside the cloister is unique in its content. Rose of Viterbo, Angela of Foligno, Margaret of Cortona, and Sancia, Queen of Naples, were all born within the first century of the Franciscan Order. As women who pursued their religious vocation of volumtary poverty, itinerancy, and preaching outside of monastic walls–in the streets and in their homes -- they could very well be called the first generation of mendicant women.

1-57659-206-5 $ 5.00

Rejoicing in the Works of the Lord: Beauty in the Franciscan Tradition by Mary Beth Ingham, C.S.J. (2009) The special focus of this study is the appreciation of beauty in the writing of two great theorists of the tradition, Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and John Duns Scotus.

1-57659-205-7 $ 5.00

St. Bonaventure’s Defense of the Mendicants. (WSB XV) Translated by José de Vinck and Robert J. Karris, O.F.M. (2010) In twelve chapters, St. Bonaventure defends the Franciscan way of life against the attacks of Parisian Master, Gerard of Abbeville. Bonaventure clarifies the meaning of evangelical perfection, gospel poverty, and the imitation of Christ. He distinguishes different kinds of perfection and clearly indicates how the Old Testament relates to the dispensation of grace in the New Testament and how it is to be interpreted. This volume is a companion to Bonaventure’s Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection (WSB XIII).

1-57659-159-X $45.00

Poverty and Prosperty: Franciscans and the Use of Money. (2009) Washington Theological Union Papers 2009. These papers present a thought-provoking investigation into Franciscan sources involving poverty as well as insights from practitioners to bring the past into dialogue with the present in order to help us understand how we might think about our traditions.

1-57659-158-1 $14.00

Works available by special arrangement:

The Early Franciscan Movement (1205-1239): History, Sources, and Hermeneutics by Michael F. Cusato, O.F.M. (2009) This volume gathers together and updates previously published essays on topics related to the contested story of early Franciscan history (1205-1239), treating subjects such as the Franciscan approach to power and authority, the attitude of Francis towards Islam and the Crusades, the Privilege of Poverty, the connection between the two versions of the Epistola ad fideles, the relationship between the chartula and stigmata of Francis, the centrality of the Sacrum commercium, and the fall from grace of Elias of Cortona. By special arrangement with the Italian publisher, Centro Italiano di studi sull’Alto Medioevo (Spoleto).

$60.00

John Duns Scotus, Philosopher: Proceedings of "The Quadruple Congress" on John Duns Scotus (2010) Volume 1, Edited by Mary Beth Ingham and Oleg Bychkov.   From October 2007 through March 2009, four international conferences were held in honor of the 800th anniversary of the death of John Duns Scotus (d. 1308). This volume represents the papers from the first conference–held at The Franciscan Institute–which explored themes and issues from the Opera Philosophica of Scotus. Appearing in the prestigious series Archa Verbi. Subsidia, and co-published by Aschendorff (Münster) and Franciscan Institute Publications, these four volumes will represent the finest in contemporary scholarship on the Subtle Doctor today.

1-57659-213-8 $TBA

On the Horizon:

Essays on the Early Franciscan Sources, Volume 1, edited by Michael W. Blastic, O.F.M.; Jay Hammond and Wayne Hellmann, O.F.M. Conv.  This series of books will contain essays on each of the early Franciscan writings, including the writings of Francis and Clare, hagiographical texts from the 13th and 14th centuries, commentaries on the Rule, liturgical texts, as well as pertinent papal documents.

Commentaries on the Rule of the Friars Minor (13th - 14th Centuries), edited by Jean François Godet-Calogeras.

Learning and Holiness: Colette of Corbi (1381-1447), by Elisabeth Lopez, Translated by Joanna Waller.

Francis of Assisi: Heritage and Heirs Eight Centuries Later by Thaddée Matura, O.F.M. Translated by Paul Lachance, O.F.M.  In this thought-provoking book Thaddée Matura offers a new way of looking at how the Franciscan tradition was adapted and contemporized during the centuries. In a clear and accessible style he shows how the Franciscan Family has gotten to the stage it now enjoys and shows how liberating history can be and is. In 2004 Franciscan Institute Publications reprinted Matura’s Francis of Assisi: The Message in His Writings.

Available Fall 2010

Greed, Lust, and Power: Franciscan Strategies for Building a More Just World. The Franciscan Symposium May, 2010 at WTU features presentations by Michael Crosby, O.F.M. Cap., Dr. Darleen Pryds, Joseph Nangle, O.F.M. and Vincent Cushing, O.F.M.

Available January 2011

Dying, as a Franciscan: Approaching our Transitus to Eternal Life and Accompanying Others on the Way to Theirs, Spirit and Life Series 15.  The proceedings of the Ninth National Franciscan Forum features presentations by Thomas Nairn, O.F.M.; Daniel Sulmasy, O.F.M.; the nationally recognized poet (and professional undertaker) Thomas Lynch; Mary Petrosky, F.M.M.; and Katherine McCarron.

Available January 2011