Faculty

Jay M. Hammond, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Education

Ph.D. Historical Theology, Saint Louis University, 1998

M.A. Historical Theology, Saint Louis University, 1994

Recent Publications

"St. Francis's Doxological Mysticism in Light of His Prayers." In Francis of Assisi: History, Hagiography and Hermeneutics in the Early Documents. 105-52. New York: New City Press, 2004.

Editor, Francis of Assisi: History, Hagiography and Hermeneutics in the Early Documents. New York: New City Press, May 2004.

"Bonaventure, St." The New Catholic Encyclopedia. Second Edition, vol. 2, 2002.

"Franciscan Spirituality." The New Catholic Encyclopedia. Second Edition, vol. 6, 2002.

"St. Francis of Assisi: A Symbol of Peace." America, May 6 (2002): 14-17.

Translator, Divine and Created Order in Bonaventure's Theology. St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publications, 2001.

"Order in the Itinerarium mentis in Deum." In Divine and Created Order in Bonaventure's Theology. 191-271. St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publications, 2001.

Contributor and Compiler, Francis of Assisi: Early Documents, vols. 1-4. Edited by Regis Armstrong, Wayne Hellmann, and William Short. New York: New City Press, 1999-2002.

"The Concept of Peace in Book One of Thomas of Celano's Vita Prima." Miscellanea Francescana 98 (1998): 348-58.

"Clare's Influence on Bonaventure." Franciscan Studies 62 (2004): in press.

Courses Taught

• Film: The Matrix and Religion
• Sacraments
• Theological Foundations

Current Areas of Interest

"God's Creation and the Creative Imagination in Bonaventure's Collations in Hexaemeron." In Medieval Franciscans: Franciscan Prayer. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming.

Translator, The Collations in Hexaemeron in Works of Saint Bonaventure. St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publications, forthcoming.

Contributing Editor, A Companion to Bonaventure in The Medieval and Early Modern Christian Tradition Companion Series. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming 2008

Associate director of the SacraTech Foundation (www.sacratech.org), a not-for-profit organization that supports the study of the Franciscan tradition.