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October 11, 2017
Presenter: 聽Catherine M. Mooney
Recent research about Clare of Assisi has confirmed some former scholarly opinions and upended others about this historical figure. Fully committed to Francis of Assisi鈥檚 religious program, she helped forge a new form of women鈥檚 religious life that transformed traditional monasticism via a more radical poverty, a consensual style of community life, and an insistence that she and her sisters belonged to the Franciscan movement as fully as Francis鈥檚 friars.聽 In this presentation Mooney discusses highlights of her recent book on Clare of Assisi鈥檚 and her allies鈥� struggles and shares her current research on how Clare, after her death, was transformed into a Saint whose image was manipulated to reflect the varying agendas of popes, friars, artists, and others.
Sponsored by the School of Theology and Ministry
Catherine M. Mooney,聽STM associate professor of Church history