On May 9, 2019, Fr. Stephen King, OFM Conv. received a PhD from the Graduate Theological Union, during the 2019 Commencement Exercises held at Zaytuna College, in Berkeley, CA.
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Area of Study: Christian Spirituality
Dissertation Title
Prisms of Perfection: The Vita Icon Images of Saint Francis of Assisi as Revelatory and Transformative of Franciscan Spirituality
The vita icons of Saint Francis presented beholders with a likeness of the developing spirituality of the nascent Franciscan movement. Today these images impart presences of Saint Francis that have the capacity to serve as loci for transformative religious experience in the lives of adherents of this spiritual tradition within the broader sphere of Christian spirituality.
