James Cowan lived in Italy for three years walking in the footsteps of Francis, following his journeys, breathing his air and sleeping in his caves and grottoes. He discovered a man who, in a sense, de-institutionalised the medieval Church, who represented a mystical Christian tradition and stood up to leaders and theologians and all the great citadels of monastic influence This attempt to enter into the spirit of Francis as also a celebration of Italy and its ability to inspire the imagination.
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James Cowan is the author of numerous internationally acclaimed books including Letters from a Wild State: Rediscovering Our True Relationship to Nature, the best-selling A Mapmaker's Dream for which he was awarded the prestigious Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal and Francis: A Saint's Way. He lives in North-Eastern Australia and his works have been translated into seventeen languages.
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Janes Cowan's St. Francis
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The book is chock full of information, theology and philosophy.
I especially enjoyed the footnotes which are placed with the text rather than being at the bak of the book.
I especially enjoyed the footnotes which are placed with the text rather than being at the bak of the book.
Francis was complex and this is a complex read.
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Having read biographies of the great saint by Chesterton and Kazantzakis, I ran accross this work by accident.
For a poetic approach to Francis with an anthrpologist's critical eye to history and culture, this an excellent book.
For a poetic approach to Francis with an anthrpologist's critical eye to history and culture, this an excellent book.
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