Eager to love : the alternative way of Francis of Assisi /

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Main Author: Rohr, Richard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Cincinnati, Ohio : Franciscan Media, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Something old and something new
  • What do we mean by "mysticism"?
  • A happy run downward: the inner authority of those who have suffered
  • Living on the edge of the inside: simplicity and justice
  • Home base: nature and the road
  • Contemplation: a different way of knowing
  • An alternative orthodoxy: paying attention to different things
  • The Franciscan genius: the integration of the negative
  • Lightness of heart and firmness of foot: the integration of feminine and masculine
  • The legacy of Clare: living the life at depth
  • Entering the world of another: Francis and the Sultan of Egypt
  • Bonaventure: to yield to love is to return to the source
  • John Duns Scotus: anything but a dunce
  • Francis: a natural spiritual genius
  • Appendix I. A dynamic unity between Jesus of Nazareth and the cosmic Christ
  • Appendix II. Is God a person? The Franciscan view of the nature of the divine
  • Appendix III. How are things "caused"?