Our Faculty & Staff

Department:

Research, Professional and Creative Activity:

• Senior Fulbright Scholarship, 2004
• Joseph Doino Visiting Professor of Franciscan Theology at Saint Bonaventure University, 2006
• Shultz Foundation Award, 2008
• Kahler Fund Award, 2009
• Dean's Award for Scholarship, 2008, 2010
• Published five books on Saint Bonaventure and Medieval Franciscans
• Published in numerous North American and European journals
• Senior theology co-editor for Franciscan Studies.
• Completed an English translation of Bonaventure’s Latin Sunday Sermons, 2008.
• Currently at work on an edited volume on Franciscan Preachers for Brill Academic
• Academic board member, Research Centre for the Comparative History of Religious Orders at the Catholic University in Eichstätt, Germany
• Member of the American Academy of Religion
• Member of the J. William Fulbright Association
• Member of the International Medieval Sermon Studies Society
• Member of the Northeast Florida Phi Beta Kappa Society
• Member of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality

Professional Profile:

A Senior Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Johnson holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He also holds a Licentiate in Sacred Theology and a Diploma Litterarum Latinarum from the Pontifical Gregorian University, a Bachelor’s in Sacred Theology from Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure, Rome, and a B.A. in Theology from St. Louis University. Dr. Johnson has taught in Europe and Africa. 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 Contemporary Theological Thought. Whenever possible, he leads study abroad tours to Italy during the summer semester.

Teaching and Related Service:

Courses taught:

• The Apocalypse in Scripture and Society
• Christianity and Roman Culture
• Comparative World Religions
• Contemporary Theological Thought
• Religion and Film
• Sacred Space
• The History of Christianity
• Introduction to the Old Testament
• Introduction of the New Testament
• Theological German
• Senior Seminar in Religion

Previously taught at:

• University of Dresden, Germany
• Albertus Magnus College
• Mitchell College
• De Sales School of Theology
• Saint Bonaventure College, Lusaka, Zambia
• Institute of Spirituality of the Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum, Rome, Italy

Nominated, Carnegie Professor of the Year, 2009, 2010