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

Edward A. Armstrong (Author)

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• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: University of California Press; New edition edition (September 30, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0520030400
• ISBN-13: 978-0520030404
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,739,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars nature and the church considered as one, February 24, 2001

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Tami "ghart27" (Winnipeg Manitoba CANADA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saint Francis: Nature Mystic; The Derivation and Significance of the Nature Stories in the Franciscan Legend (Hermeneutics, Studies in the History of Religions, V. 2) (Hardcover)

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.