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News, Publications & Research

Couturier publishes peer-reviewed article in Cross Currents

Oct 27, 2020 | Fr. David Couturier, OFM. Cap., associate professor of theology and director of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure, published a peer-reviewed article in Cross Currents 70:2 (2020), 131-144.

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Franciscan Leadership Training Program holds inaugural session

Oct 27, 2020 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University launched its new Franciscan Leadership Training Program for the friars and ministry leaders of the Atonement Franciscan community on Wednesday, Oct. 21. About 100 individuals participated in the training program.

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Campus community to join in St. Francis Week celebrations at St. Bonaventure University

Sep 24, 2020 | The St. Bonaventure community is invited to join together and celebrate its St. Francis Week 2020 with a week of events beginning Monday, Sept. 28.

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St. Bonaventure theology professor Chris Stanley publishes two historical novels

Jul 21, 2020 | During the last three decades, Dr. Chris Stanley has accumulated a long list of academic publications on the history and literature of early Christianity, including three authored books, three edited books, and dozens of professional articles. Now the St. Bonaventure University theology professor has turned his hand to fiction.

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Nuttall, Stanley honored by their peers with St. Bonaventure Faculty Excellence Awards

May 15, 2020 | St. Bonaventure University faculty members have honored two of their colleagues with awards of excellence for their efforts inside and outside the classroom.

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Book project by Stanley accepted for publication

Feb 14, 2020 | A book project by Dr. Christopher D. Stanley, professor of theology and Franciscan studies, has been accepted for publication by Bloomsbury, one of the world's leading publishing houses.

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Haden's book studies the effect of Christian nationalism

Feb 14, 2020 | "Embodied Idolatry: A Critique of Christian Nationalism," the second book by Fr. Kyle Edward Haden, O.F.M., Ph.D., assistant professor of theology and Franciscan studies, is an examination of the effect of Christian nationalism on Christian practice in the United States.

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St. Bonaventure professors edit new book exploring Franciscan artistic tradition

Dec 12, 2019 | A new textbook edited by two St. Bonaventure University professors is being hailed as a major academic achievement in the area of Franciscan theology and art.

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Couturier presents workshop to D'Youville management team

Nov 14, 2019 | Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., presented a workshop to senior management at D'Youville College on "Mission in Multiple Voices: Innovation in Higher Ed Today."

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Calabria marks anniversary of encounter between St. Francis and the sultan

Oct 31, 2019 | As special assistant for dialogue with Islam for the Order of Friars Minor, Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., Ph.D., director of St. Bonaventure's Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, has been speaking in a variety of venues on the 800th anniversary of St. Francis' encounter with the Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil in 1219.

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Dr. Oleg Bychkov delivers lecture at Trinity College, Oxford

Oct 16, 2019 | Dr. Oleg Bychkov, professor of theology and Franciscan studies, delivered a lecture on the aesthetics of the so-called Sum of Alexander of Hales (Summa Halensis), an influential early 13th century Franciscan theological treatise, at the colloquium “The Summa Halensis: Philosophy and Reception” held at Trinity College, Oxford, on Sept. 23.

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Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., leads workshop for health system convocation

Oct 11, 2019 | Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., associate professor of theology and Franciscan studies, gave a presentation on Oct. 1 at the Senior Management Convocation of the BayCare Health System in Clearwater, Florida.

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Stanley and Foerst to present at conference in India

Sep 10, 2019 | Dr. Chris Stanley, professor of theology, and Dr. Anne Foerst, professor of computer science, will present featured papers at a conference for Christian seminary students, pastors, and laypeople in India in January 2020.

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������������’s Stanley continues to make his mark in the Olean community

Sep 02, 2019 | As a professor in the Department of Theology and Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University, Chris Stanley has chaired a variety of committees and engaged in other leadership activities around campus since moving here in 1999. But he’s been just as active off campus, impacting lives in the Greater Olean community for almost two decades.

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Indian theologians give thumbs-up to docudrama ‘Sultan and the Saint’

Jun 19, 2019 | “The Sultan and the Saint,” the film telling the remarkable story of two men of faith that occurred 800 years ago, has been endorsed by a group of prominent Indian theologians.

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