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Franciscans at Prayer
Timothy Johnson
出版BRILL, 2007-04-30
主題Religion / Christian Living / GeneralReligion / InspirationalReligion / SpiritualityHistory / Europe / MedievalReligion / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth
ISBN90474198989789047419891
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eeGvCQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Medieval Franciscans prayed in hermitages and churches, on the road and in the piazza, with song and silence. The unique stories of these men and women, as their engaging texts, stunning architecture and breath-taking artwork suggest, are narratives of souls, enfleshed in their respective worlds of the leprosarium, university, or itinerant preaching. The essays in this book foster a nuanced perspective on Franciscan beliefs and spiritual practices by resisting the temptation to reduce their myriad accounts of prayer to an exclusive, univocal spirituality. By displaying the breadth and depth of these medieval Franciscans at prayer, these essays challenge contemporary readers to look anew at this “cloud of witnesses” from the past, who, both lay and religious, promoted a diversity of spiritual expression that found a familial focus in their mutual passion for the divine and the world they shared.