The Poverty of Riches: St. Francis of Assisi Reconsidered

by Kenneth Baxter Wolf

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195182804
• ISBN13: 9780195182804
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"