Francis of Assisi : the life and afterlife of a medieval saint /
Chronicles the life and legacy of the famed Christian saint and places him in historical context by examining writings by contemporaries and noteworthy people.
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New Haven, Conn. :
Yale University Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st English ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- A biographical sketch, 1182-1226. Francesco di Bernardone
- Brother Francis : a layman in the Christianity of the early thirteenth century
- Death and transfiguration of Francis, 1226-1253. Becoming Saint Francis, 1226-1230
- The "second death" of Francis, 1230-1253
- Images and myths of Francis of Assisi : from the Middle Ages to today. Medieval interpretations of Francis : thirteenth to fourteenth centuries
- Francis between history and myth : sixteenth to twentieth centuries
- The originality of Francis and his charism. The writings of Francis
- The experience of God
- A new relationship to scripture : the spirit of the letter
- Francis, nature, and the world
- Francis and the church : the charism within the institution
- The gospel in the world : a transformation of religious anthropology
- A cultural mediator of a new religious sensibility
- Francis, prophet for his time... or for ours?
- The Testament of Francis of Assisi, September 1226.