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Francis of Assisi, movement maker : the unconventional leadership of a simple saint / Howard A. Snyder.
Van Pelt Library BX4700.F6 S567 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snyder, Howard A., author.
- Series:
- American Society of Missiology series ; no. 66.
- American Society of Missiology series ; no. 66
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
- Francis.
- Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253.
- Clare.
- Christian saints--Italy--Assisi--Biography.
- Christian saints.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Maryknoll, NY : Orbis Books, [2024]
- Summary:
- "An overview of the life of St. Francis of Assisi, the movement he founded, and lessons today for leadership and mission"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Unsaintly Francis
- Assisi and Clare
- Conversion: a drama in three acts
- Called to mission
- Birth of a movement
- Francis and the Pope
- Epidemic of peace
- The role of the rule
- Movement dynamics
- Clare elopes
- Francis's Muslim mission
- The first manger scene
- Francis's failing health
- Marks of the Cross
- Song of the creatures
- Francis's final days
- Francis wins the universities
- New age of the Spirit?
- The Franciscan story of Genghis Khan and Christopher Columbus
- Patterns of renewal
- Lessons in lesserness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Snyder, Howard A. Francis of Assisi, movement maker
- ISBN:
- 9781626985742
- 162698574X
- OCLC:
- 1415967998
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