Br. Johannes Freyer, OFM, was born in Waldshut (Germany) and entered the Franciscan Order after training as a bank clerk. After his philosophical and theological studies, he earned a doctorate in spirituality and a post-doctorate (Habilitation) in theological anthropology and the history of theology. He was active in education and taught for 22 years at the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome, of which he was President (Rettore Magnificus) for 2 sessions. In the last years he was also Theological Adviser of the aid-agency Franziskaner-Helfen seated in Bonn, Germany. Since 2012, he has been teaching as a visiting professor at the Franciscan School of Theology.
"The Franciscan Intellectual Tradition - a Tradition 'Turned Upside Down'" by Johannes Freyer, OFM, is the latest lecture of the Franciscan Zoom Lecture Series, hosted by the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego.
