MA Theses by Liam Farrer
The world presented to readers of The Complete Works of Sir Thomas Malory is, as the character of... more The world presented to readers of The Complete Works of Sir Thomas Malory is, as the character of Galahad notes, “unstable.” The story begins following the death of Uther Pendragon, when Arthur attempts to bring order to his unstable kingdom through the institution of the Round Table, a fellowship of knights who are bound together by the Pentecostal oath, which requires the knights to live by a set of rules that stresses the concept of knighthood as a quasi-religious vocation. This thesis will analyze the concept of chivalry as a vocation within Malory’s text, through a reading of the Pentecostal Oath in light of chivalric manuals, Church texts, and Sacred Scripture, in order to determine whether Malory believes that it is indeed possible for one to achieve stability through a knightly vocation.
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Within current scholarship, the general consensus seems to be that Bonaventure did not, according... more Within current scholarship, the general consensus seems to be that Bonaventure did not, according to Paul Sabatier, “[understand] him whose disciple he wanted and believed himself to be.” Ewert W. Cousins takes up this line of thinking in his analysis of Bonaventure’s theology contrasting Bonaventure’s presupposition of the “speculative tradition” with the “simpleness and directness” of Francis of Assisi. This contrast contains the implication that Bonaventure’s work cannot be considered to be truly Franciscan, given the differing expression of his ideas from those in the orders foundational texts; however, I hypothesize that Bonaventure’s operates in, what Bernard Lonergan calls, the realm of interiority. I will argue that as a result of this Bonaventure is able to transpose his understanding of Franciscan spirituality from the realm of theory, as is seen in the Itinerarium mentis in Deum, to the realm of common sense, as is seen in the Legenda Maior.
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A paper written for and presented at the Toronto School of Theology Graduate Students Association... more A paper written for and presented at the Toronto School of Theology Graduate Students Association's 2017 Conference "Knowledge and Power in Theological Education."
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