The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Paperback · March 24, 1998
The Little Flowers of St.
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- Who it’s for
- Lively miracle stories meet portraits of Francis’s followers that keep their holiness recognizably human.
- Themes
- Christian spirituality, A life of poverty, Miracles
- Genres
- Saints & Sainthood, Religious Lives, Christian History
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With a new Preface by the noted writer Madeleine L'Engle, author of nearly fifty books of fiction and non-fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time. St. Francis of Assisi's ecstatic embrace of a life of poverty revolutionized Christianity even as it transformed the ethics of the West.
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In this luminous and lively book, St. Francis's followers preserved his legend and those of his first disciples, combining stories of miracles with convincing portraits of men who were no less human for having been touched by God. "God is our home but many of us have strayed from our native land. The venerable authors of these Spiritual Classics are expert guides--may we follow their directions home." --Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Faith, Humanly Told
Lively miracle stories meet portraits of Francis’s followers that keep their holiness recognizably human.
Come here for
- Stories of Franciscan devotion and its embrace of poverty
- Miracles alongside memorable portraits of the first disciples
Expect
- Luminous, lively spiritual storytelling
- A view of faith that leaves room for human complexity
Where it sits
| Saints & Sainthood | 86% |
|---|---|
| Religious Lives | 62% |
| Christian History | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Religious Lives
- Jesus, Gospels & Acts
- Spirituality
- Authors
- Ugolino di Monte Santa Maria, St. Francis
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- March 24, 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Christian spirituality · A life of poverty · Miracles
- Reading lane
- Religious Lives