| Franciscans at Prayer Contributor(s): Johnson (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004156992 ISBN-13: 9789004156999 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $229.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Surveying the broad panorama of medieval Franciscans at prayer, this book offers a nuanced perspective on Franciscan beliefs and spiritual practices that underscores the depth and breath of their mutual passion for the divine and the world they shared. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Prayer - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 248.32 |
| Series: Medieval Franciscans |
| Physical Information: 1.44" H x 6.58" W x 9.61" (2.49 lbs) 548 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Medieval Franciscans prayed in hermitages and churches, on the road and in the piazza, with song and silence. The unique stories of these men and women, as their engaging texts, stunning architecture and breath-taking artwork suggest, are narratives of souls, enfleshed in their respective worlds of the leprosarium, university, or itinerant preaching. The essays in this book foster a nuanced perspective on Franciscan beliefs and spiritual practices by resisting the temptation to reduce their myriad accounts of prayer to an exclusive, univocal spirituality. By displaying the breadth and depth of these medieval Franciscans at prayer, these essays challenge contemporary readers to look anew at this "cloud of witnesses" from the past, who, both lay and religious, promoted a diversity of spiritual expression that found a familial focus in their mutual passion for the divine and the world they shared. |