Description

Class Summary

This course offers an overview of St. Francis of Assisi in the 800th year after his death and just a few days before his “Saint’s Day” on October 4. We will focus on his canticle about creation, paraphrased as “All Creatures of Our God and King.”

About the Instructor

Paul Rorem, Ph.D., is the B. B. Warfield Professor of Medieval Church History and professor emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary. A Lutheran (ELCA) pastor, he is the author of Singing Church History, Introducing the Christian Story through Hymn Texts (2024).