The poverty of riches : St. Francis of Assisi reconsidered /
Saint Francis of Assisi is arguably the most attractive saint ever produced by the Catholic Church. The unusually high regard with which he is held has served to insulate him from any real criticism of the kind of sanctity that he embodied: sanctity based first and foremost on his deliberatepursuit...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in historical theology.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=138272 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Note on Translations and Previous Scholarship
- Introduction
- Part I: St. Francis and the Irony of Holy Poverty
- Chapter 1: St. Francis and the Leper
- Chapter 2: St. Francis and His Tunic
- Chapter 3: St. Francis and His Poverty
- Chapter 4: St. Francis and Lady Poverty
- Part II: St. Francis and Holy Poverty in Context
- Chapter 5: St. Francis and Jesus
- Chapter 6: St. Francis and Early Christian Sanctity
- Chapter 7: St. Francis and St. Raymond
- Chapter 8: St. Francis and His Audience
- Appendix: A Consideration of the Sources
- Notes
- References
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.