Saint Francis: Nature Mystic - The Derivation and Significance of the Nature Stories in the Franciscan Legend

By Edward Allworthy Armstrong

Book Overview

Saint Francis: Nature Mystic, by Edward A. Armstrong, explores the origins and significance of the remarkable natural history woven into the Franciscan Legend. Although Saint Francis is today... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520030400
• ISBN13: 9780520030404
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.

Customer Reviews

nature and the church considered as one

Francisco is famous for the ways that he reconsidered doctrine with respect to the world and the way we should live in it and APPRECIATE it. This book describes certain aspects of his new viewpoint, and compares it, as the title says, to nature mysticism, but it actually goes beyond that - and tries to understand in exactly what manner Francis really viewed the natural world. And it does this in a very organized and thoughtful way - and very well.