Words Made Flesh: Essays Honoring Kenan B. Osborne, O.F.M.

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Spirit and Life Essays on Contemporary Franciscanism Volume 16 2011 Words Made Flesh: Essays Honoring KEnan B. osBornE, o.F.M. ProFEssor EMEritus oF systEMatic tHEology For His contriBution to tHE Franciscan intEllEctual tradition Volume Editor: Joseph P. Chinnici, O.F.M. Editor: Daria Mitchell, O.S.F. contEnts Contributors to this Volume ...........................................................5 Introduction Joseph P. Chinnici, O.F.M. ....................................................9 Remarks at the Retirement Dinner for Kenan B. Osborne, O.F.M. Bishop John S. Cummins ....................................................15 The Soul’s Short, Straight Path to Truth and Peace (Qualiter anima) William J. Short, O.F.M ..........................................................19 Duns Scotus on What Constitutes Personeity †Allan B. Wolter, O.F.M. .......................................................29 History, Metaphysics, and Theology in St. Bonaventure Zachary Hayes, O.F.M. ........................................................73 ‘He made a tongue of his whole body’. A Franciscan Theology of the Word of God †Regis A. Duffy, O.F.M. ........................................................85 Where In the World Are We? Old Testament Views of Creation* Michael D. Guinan, O.F.M. ................................................109 Bonaventure’s Anthropology and Ecclesiology as a universal approach towards a vision of a globalized world Johannes B. Freyer, O.F.M. ................................................123 John Duns Scotus: An Anthropology of Dignity and Love Antonie Vos ........................................................................151 The Tradition and The Third Millenium:The Earth Charter Mary Beth Ingham, C.S.J. .................................................177 ...