Timothy Johnson

Timothy J. Johnson is the Craig and Audrey Thorn Distinguished Professor of Religion at Flagler College (United States). He received his Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Italy). He came to Flagler College in 1998. A Senior Fulbright Scholar and Chair of the Research Advisory Board of the Franciscan Institute, he has held visiting fellowships at Cambridge University (England), Dresden University (Germany), and Eichstätt-Inglostadt University (Germany). He has been invited to be a visiting professor at the Pontifical Antonianum University (Italy), Saint Bonaventure College (Zambia), and Saint Bonaventure University (United States). Flagler College nominated Dr. Johnson twice for the Carnegie Professor of the Year award.

Dr. Johnson is the author of "The Soul in Ascent: Bonaventure on Poverty, Prayer, and Union with God" (Saint Bonaventure University, 2000/2012) and the co-author, editor, co-editor, and translator of sixteen other books. He has authored eighty-two journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, and popular pieces. Recent publications include the co-edited "The Prayed Francis: Liturgical Vitae and Franciscan Identity in the Thirteenth Century" (Franciscan Institute: 2019), "Preaching and New Worlds: Sermons as Mirrors of Realms Near and Far" (Routledge: 2019) and "Facing Florida: Essays on Culture and Religion in Early Modern Southeastern America" (Academy of American Franciscan History: 2021). He is currently working on a book with Prof. Aggie Johnson of Flagler College entitled "In a Mirror Darkly: Women in the Spanish-Timucua Exempla Literature of La Florida." Dr. Johnson serves on the Roman Catholic Historical Commission and is charged by the Vatican with investigating the possible canonization of the Native American Antonio Inija and Companions.

In November of 2019, he discovered a previously unknown 1628 work by Fr. Francisco Pareja and his Timucua co-authors in the Codrington Library at All Souls Library at Oxford University. You can read about it here: Flagler Professor Discovers Unkown Spanish Timucua Book While on Sabbatical

While his primary area of expertise is the history of Christian spirituality and theology, Dr. Johnson enjoys teaching courses as diverse as Religion and Film and Sacred Space. He has led study-abroad programs in Germany, Israel, Italy, and Mexico.

Education

• BA in Theology University of Saint Louis
• STB Pontifical Seraphicum University
• STL Pontifical Gregorian University
• STD Pontifical Gregorian University 

Area of Research

• Medieval Spirituality 
• Theology Early Modern Franciscans in the New World