Great Christian Thinkers Francis and Bonaventure

By Paul Rout

St Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) founded an evangelical movement committed to brotherhood and poverty, and pledged to preaching peace. The legacy of Franciscan spirituality was inherited by St... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764801139
• ISBN13: 9780764801136
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Liguori Publications
• Length: 97 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful, throughful little book...

Every page of this easy-to-read book is inspiring and worth taking a highlighter to! I loved the prayers and quotes that were included; they showed the sensitivity and compassion of these two wonderful saints. A beautiful book for sure!

a Los Angeles layman

I liked this book. After reading to much thin and "happy" Christian literature thats suppose to have some deep thinking and analysis behind it, this book was a nice read. It may not meet the needs of some Dr. or Phd's needs but easily covers much of what the thinking layman needs. Its well written and thought provoking. It makes you think. It covers its material well and begins one's adventure into Christian philosophy/soc.

Good Work

Rout's work is well researched and well written. A good study of an interesting topic.

Execellent Book

Ignore the intellectual snobbery of some reviewers. Rout does real justice to two great figures in christian history. An execellent, well researched book that stands out in the area.

Two remarkable leaders following same path, different ways

Rout's book is simply the *best* summary of the lives, thoughts, and actions of Francis of Assisi and his second-generation disciple and expositor, Bonaventure. With clarity and agility, Rout traces the lives of both men, showing the former's charismatic personality and the latter's scholarly excellence and how both used their gifts in spreading the good news of God's love in Jesus Christ to the people of their time. Since Bonaventure is the systematic theologian and was the most significant early Franciscan to give shape to Francis' wisdom, Rout concentrates on his writings and thoughts a great deal, but in no way excludes the life of Francis nor its profound impact on people to this very day. Rout's final chapter on Francis encounter with the Sultan as the basis for modern ecumenical dialogue is excellent. There is simply nothing about this book not to like. It is short and to the point, doesn't get lost in theological jargon, is accessible to anyone, and is profound in its reflections on the experience of God these two had and how it relates to living a Christian life today. As an admirer of both, I highly recommend this book to anyone else who does, and who believes there is more to medieval theology than Thomas Aquinas!!