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005			20180722202836.0
008			030219s2002 nyu d b 001 0beng d
010			_a2003268719
020			_a0670031283 (alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aBX4700.F6 _bS6555 2002
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099			_aFrancis _aS765
100	1		_aSpoto, Donald, _d1941- _933821
245	1	0	_aReluctant saint : _bthe life of Francis of Assisi / _cDonald Spoto.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bViking Compass, _c2002.
300			_axix, 256 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-247) and index.
520			_aIn Reluctant saint, Donald Spoto shows us a Saint Francis who transcends the image of Francis familiar to even the least religious among us. Spoto's unprecedented access to unexplored archives and the saint's own unpublished letters help reveal how Francis pioneered an entirely new historical movement, one that eventually slipped from his grasp. Spoto highlights Francis's position within the ecclesiastical, political, and social forces of medieval Italy in all its violence, color, and mystery. It was a time of crisis with a craving for reform and for a deeper, simpler, more personal faith--yet concern for the common good, and for the poor and sick, was virtually unknown. A key part of the revolution Francis brought about was his insistence that such concern lay at the heart of the Gospel. Reluctant saint portrays a life that has captured the hearts and minds of millions over the centuries.
600	0	0	_aFrancis, _cof Assisi, Saint, _d1182-1226. _965547
650		0	_aChristian saints _zItaly _zAssisi _vBiography. _965548
942			_cBOOK _07
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