Beauty, Abundance and Environmental Action in the Franciscan Tradition

Speaker:

Mary Beth Ingham

07 Apr 2014

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

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For the first time in history a Pope has taken the name of Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of the environment. Sr. Mary Beth Ingham specializes in the Franciscan tradition. She will speak about the centrality of beauty in this tradition, drawing on the philosophy of John Duns Scotus, a medieval doctor of the Church who also greatly influenced secular thought. Mary Beth Ingham, CSJ, is a professor emerita at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and currently on faculty at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She is the author of several books, including The Harmony of Goodness: Mutuality and Moral Living According to John Duns Scotus and Rejoicing in the Works of the Lord: Beauty in the Franciscan Tradition. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture Series

Mary Beth Ingham received her BA from Loyola Marymount and subsequently entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. She pursued graduate studies in philosophy and received her PhD in philosophy and a License-ès-Lettres from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. In 1987 Sister Ingham returned to Loyola Marymount as a faculty member. During her career as a teacher and scholar she served as chair of the Philosophy Department and as Associate Academic Vice President.