Franciscans and Creation: What is Our Responsibility?

AUTHORS

101 AUTHORS Ilia Delio, O.S.F., a member of the Franciscan Servants of the Holy Child Jesus, North Plainfield, New Jersey, did her doctoral studies in theology at Fordham University. She is presently at Washington Theological Union, Washington, D.C., serving as Associate Professor of Ecclesial History and Franciscan Studies and as Director of the Franciscan Center . She is author of Crucified Love: Bonaventure’s Mysticism of the Crucified Christ (Quincy: Franciscan Press, 1998), Simply Bonaventure: An Introduction to His Life, Thought, and Writings (New York: New City Press, 2001) and A Franciscan View of Creation: Learning to Live in a Sacramental World, Vol. 2, The Franciscan Heritage Series (CFIT-ESC-OFM) (St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publications, 2003). Franklin Fong, O.F.M., a friar of the St. Barbara Province, California, is a plant physiologist. He did his doctoral studies at the University of California, Riverside. He also holds a Master’s degree in Theological Studies from the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley. Fong was an Associate Professor of Plant Physiology in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A& M University, before joining the friars. He also taught at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington. He has published widely in the areas of plant hormones and environmental physiology . For the past five years he has served as vocations director for his province. John F. Haught did his doctoral studies at Catholic University in Washington , D.C. He is presently the Thomas Healey Distinguished Professor of Theology at Georgetown University. His area of specialization is systematic theology with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, ecology and religion. He has published widely. Among his works are: Deeper than Darwin: The Prospect for Religion in the Age Of Evolution (2003) and God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution (2000), both published by Westview Press. Paulist Press has published the following works by him: Responses to 101 Questions on God and Evolution (2001); Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation (1995); The Promise of Nature: Ecology and Cosmic Purpose (1993); What Is Reli- 102 Authors gion? (1990); What Is God? (1986); The Cosmic Adventure (1984); Religion and Self-Acceptance (1976). In addition to these, he is author of Mystery and Promise: A Theology of Revelation (Liturgical Press, 1993), The Revelation of God in History (Michael Glazier Press, 1988), and Nature and Purpose (University Press of America, 1980). He also served as editor for Science and Religion in Search of Cosmic Purpose (Georgetown University Press, 2000). In 1996, Haught established the Georgetown Center for the Study of Science and Religion. Gabriele Ühlein, O.S.F., a Franciscan Sister of Wheaton, Illinois, is an author, a theologian and an artist. She received her doctoral degree in process theology from Chicago Lutheran Seminary and has worked extensively in the area of Jungian psychology. As a speaker, retreat facilitator and writer, she is well-known in the Franciscan family for her practical and spiritual perspectives. She is founder of the FranCIScan Center for Incarnation Studies–a resource center “without walls,” dedicated to recovering and celebrating the spiritual legacy of Sts. Francis and Clare and based on the incarnation-oriented context of the “Canticle of the Creatures.” Currently, she serves in leadership ministry–in Wheaton as a province councilor in her own international Franciscan congregation and nationally as president of the Franciscan Federation. Keith Douglass Warner, O.F.M., is a friar of the St. Barbara Province, California. An artist and a geographer, he is a doctoral candidate in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He also lectures at Santa Clara University. Warner has a Master’s degree in Franciscan Spirituality from the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, where he is now a regent. From 1996-99, he helped lead a popular education campaign about economic justice at the St. Anthony Foundation in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. His research interests include sustainable agriculture initiatives, water resources in the West and the interface between religious and environmental values. His dissertation analyzes the extension of agro-ecological knowledge into conventional agriculture in California. With John E. Carroll, he edited Ecology and Religion: Scientists Speak (Quincy, IL: Franciscan Press, 1998). Authors 103 Zachary Hayes, O.F.M., is a member of the Sacred Heart Province of Friars Minor and serves as the Duns Scotus Professor of Spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. A renowned medieval scholar and writer...