Apart from neo-Thomism, however, the Franciscans valued their own tradi- tion of Saint Bonaventura and Duns Scotus. The “Franciscan School” stressed a radical difference between “the God of philosophers” and “the God of Chris- tianity”. In the neo-scholastic tradition, belief was systematized and rational. It became a doctrine against the ideologies of the time: modernism, liberalism and socialism. In the Franciscan tradition, belief remained an act and way of life. Belief was more spiritual, affective and active (Van Dam 2006: 174).

Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, loc. 83