Poverty of riches, the: st. francis of assisi reconsidered
Auteur :
Wolf, Kenneth Baxter
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195182804
Date de publication :
24 févr. 2005
Dimensions :
2,5 x 2,5 x 27,9 cm
Poids :
454 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Takes a look at St Francis of Assisi, and the idea of voluntary poverty as a basis for Christian perfection. The author finds that while Francis's conception of poverty as a spiritual discipline may have opened the door to salvation for wealthy Christians, it precluded the idea that the poor could use their poverty as a path to heaven.