Contributor
Cunningham, Lawrence, comp.
Edition Statement:[1st ed.]
Imprint:New York : Harper & Row, 1972.
Descriptionxxii, 201 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note:PART I. FRANCIS OF ASSISI: SOME INTERPRETATIONS: Francis of Assisi: the hippie saint / Joseph Roddy -- Saint Francis: the medieval man and his culture / Friedrich Heer -- Saint Francis as religious revolutionary / Paul Sabatier -- Saint Francis in the legends: selections from the Fioretti... - Saint Francis on himself -- PART II. FRANCIS OF ASSISI AND NATURE: Saint Francis and nature / Gilbert Keith Chesteron -- The canticle of Brother Sun / Francis of Assisi -- Selections from the Fioretti... --The historical roots of our ecological crisis / Lynn White, Jr. -- PART III. FRANCIS ON POVERTY AND SOLITUDE: Excerpts from the Rule of Saint Francis (1221) -- Selections from The Legend of the Three Companions -- On piously living in a hermitage -- The little testament (1226) -- Selections from the Fioretti... -- PART IV. FRANCIS AND WOMEN: Selections from the Fioretti... -- A selection from The Legend of the Three Companions -- Francis and Clare / Nikos Kazantzakis -- PART V. FRANCIS THE MYSTIC: Francis: the lover / Robert Payne -- The letters of Saint Francis... -- Selections from the Fioretti... -- The admonitions of Saint Francis -- Saint Francis and the stigmata / Johannes Jörgensen -- PART VI. THE PRAYERS OF SAINT FRANCIS: The praises of the Most High -- The blessing of Brother Leo -- The praise of virtue -- Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary -- The prayer "omnipotens" -- A prayer of praise and thanksgiving -- The prayer of Saint Francis.
