Franciscan Women in Writing: Creating, Practicing, and Interpreting Theologies

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure Univ.; Women in the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition (WIFIT)

Organizer Name

Diane V. Tomkinson OSF

Organizer Affiliation

Neumann Univ.

Presider Name

Holly J. Grieco

Presider Affiliation

Siena College

Paper Title 1

The Darkness in Christ's Eyes: Toward a Vernacular Theology of Divine Passibility in the Works of Angela of Foligno

Presenter 1 Name

Christina Llanes

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Chicago

Paper Title 2

Vita e Costumi: Caterina Vigri, Paolo Casanova, and Communal Hagiography at Corpus Domini Bologna, 1456-1610

Presenter 2 Name

Kate E. Bush

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Rhode Island

Start Date

9-5-2019 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1330

Description

The revised title of this WIFIT session better expresses the range of papers accepted to this session. Presenters will examine texts written by and about Clare of Assisi, Angela of Foligno and Caterina Vigri, three medieval Franciscan women who participated in creating, practicing and interpreting theologies within the Franciscan tradition. This session, co-sponsored by the Franciscan Institute, will invite dialogue with both the Franciscan Institute’s sponsored session on Vernacular Theology and with WIFIT’s sponsored session examining two medieval vitae about Margherita Colonna. Our goal is to open up comparative discussion, across chronological, geographical and status differences, to expand our understanding of women and religious teaching and practice within the Franciscan tradition. Diane V. Tomkinson