Saint Francis of Assisi

I have one tremendous criticism to make of this book. If you have some perfectly good, bitter resentment towards the Franciscans (entirely legitimate), or towards St. Francis himself, or even the Jongleurs de Dieu, this book will take that exquisite resentment and turn it into an entirely unsatisfac......more

A book published almost 100 years ago I read in my small room. Last few days it was a wonderful experience with Sir Chesterton and his St. Francis of Assisi. I am feeling little desperate after reading this book because I am part of the Franciscan culture and unable to live like St. Francis lived. L......more

I hadn't thought seriously about Francis for a while and this book makes me think I've never thought seriously about him at all. GK rescues Francis from fuzzy Victorian myth and returns him to a most severe Christianity. By reading Francis in the light of him time period (the medieval) and in the li......more

I love Chesterton. Let's just start with that. In this book, Chesterton takes on a really hard topic--St. Francis. Who has been both reduced to a hippie and deified in various depictions. And he deals with Francis in neither way, but makes him his own person--a servant of the Most High God, but a goo......more

To be honest I chose to read this book because I like G.K. Chesterton more than because I was so interested in St. Francis. I got a very entertaining dose of Chesterton, a funny paradox on every page, and after reading the book, I am also fascinated by St. Francis. The book assumes you know the broa......more