new titles in 2012 Her Bright Merits: Essays in Honor of Ingrid J. Peterson, OSF Spirit and Life 17 Edited by Mary Walsh Meany, PhD and Felicity Dorsett, OSF Ingrid Peterson, OSF, is distinguished in the field of <strong>Franciscan</strong> studies by her work on Clare of Assisi and the women of the early <strong>Franciscan</strong> movement. This book, a collection of essays on those topics by several of the best scholars in the field, is offered in tribute to Peterson and her academic and scholarly contributions to the study of Clare and the women of the early movement. Divided into four parts, part one introduces Peterson, part two takes us into the heart of studies of <strong>Franciscan</strong> women, part three focuses on how Peterson came to the study of medieval history and the volume concludes with Peterson’s own summation of what she leaves for us to do in this field. Contributors to this collection are: Regis Armstrong Margaret Carney Felicity Dorsett Jean-François Godet-Calogeras Pacelli Millane Ramona Miller Darleen Pryds Joy Schroeder Diane Tomkinson Paul Lachance Margaret Klotz Beth Lynn Mary Meany Alison More INgRID J. PETERSON, OSF, PHD, is a Third Order <strong>Franciscan</strong> sister from Rochester, Minnesota. She has an undergraduate degree from the College of Saint Teresa in Elementary Education; an M.A. in public address from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and a Ph.D. in English, with a concentration in Medieval Renaissance and Romance Literature from the University of Iowa. 2012: 288 Pb 978-1-57659-312-7 $24.95 Release Date: May 2012 The Opera Theologica of John Duns Scotus The Quadruple Congress on John Duns Scotus, part 2 Archa Verbi Subsidia, vol. 4 edited by Richard Cross On 8 November 1308, the great <strong>Franciscan</strong> scholastic thinker, John Duns Scotus, died and was buried in the friars’ convent in Cologne. Building upon the intellectual heritage of his <strong>Franciscan</strong> predecessors in Paris, Alexander of Hales and Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, Scotus extended this peculiarly <strong>Franciscan</strong> approach to the philosophical and theological traditions of western Christianity in new and bold directions with unique emphases and implications. These ramifications became the foundation for an important alternate current of philosophical thought known through history as Scotism. On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the death of John Duns Scotus, international scholars from around the world gathered together to celebrate in a comprehensive manner the life, work and intellectual legacy of the Subtle Doctor. This gathering took on the form of a Quadruple Congress, comprising four conferences, treating four different themes, associated with the intellectual journey and legacy of Scotus, namely Oxford, Cologne-Bonn, Strasbourg and the <strong>Franciscan</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> at St. Bonaventure University, New York. The corresponding four volumes represent the current state of international Scotus scholarship and will remain an invaluable tool for years to come. Part 2, offering investigations into the theology of John Duns Scotus, contains contributions by Robert Andrews Oleg Bychkov William J. Courtenay Richard Cross William A. Frank Tobias Hofmann Ludger Honnefelder 2012: 200 p. Hc 978-1-57659-313-4 $90.00 2 1-855-810-2065 | fip@sbu.edu www.franciscanpublications.com 3