Description
St Francis of Assisi, one of the most acclaimed and enduring of saints, is particularly significant when reflecting upon the COVID pandemic. Francis lived, and ministered, amid a leprosy pandemic. How he lived in relation to that pandemic makes him a source of insight to as well as a potential critic of contemporary responses to COVID. In turn, one can use COVID to question Francis. Did he exhibit a harmful form of religious devotion, perhaps fanaticism, by exposing himself and others to a lethal pathogen? This edited collection examines a highly visible and impactful religious figure with the intent of bringing him into conversation with one of the defining issues of the early 21st Century.
Author: Geoffrey Karabin
Publisher: Ethics International Press, Inc
Published: 09/27/2023
Pages: 414
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.79lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.06d
ISBN13: 9781804410486
ISBN10: 1804410489
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | Catholic
- Religion | Ethics
- Religion | Christian Living | Social Issues