The Poverty of Riches (Paperback)

Kenneth Baxter Wolf

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Editorial: Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 2005

0195182804 / 9780195182804

Serie: Libro 15 de 70 - Oxford Studies in Historical Theology

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Paperback. Saint Francis of Assisi is arguably the most attractive saint ever produced by the Catholic Church. The unusually high regard with which he is held has served to insulate him from any real criticism of the kind of sanctity that he embodied: sanctity based first and foremost on his deliberate pursuit of poverty. In this book, Kenneth Baxter Wolf takes a fresh look at Francis and the idea of voluntary poverty as a basis for Christian perfection. Wolf's point ofdeparture is a series of simple but hitherto unasked questions about the precise nature of Francis's poverty: How did he go about transforming himself from a rich man to a poor one? How successful was thistransformation? How did his self-imposed poverty compare to the involuntary poverty of those he met in and around Assisi? What did poor people of this type get out of their contact with Francis? What did Francis get out of his contact with them? Wolf finds that while Francis's conception of poverty as a spiritual discipline may have opened the door to salvation for wealthy Christians like himself, it effectively precluded the idea that the poor could use their own involuntary poverty as a pathto heaven. Based on a thorough reconsideration of the earliest biographies of the saint, as well as Francis's own writings, Wolf's work sheds important new light on the inherent ironies of poverty as aspiritual discipline and its relationship to poverty as a socio-economic affliction. 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. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Título
The Poverty of Riches (Paperback)
Autor
Kenneth Baxter Wolf
Editorial
Oxford University Press Inc, New York
Año de publicación
2005
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new
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0195182804
ISBN 13
9780195182804
Serie
Libro 15 de 70: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology

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