Inner Depths – Boundless Expanse
Inspirations from Franciscan Spirituality
Like hardly any other variety of Christian spirituality, the Franciscan spirit stands for joy in life and love of Creation, as well as the combination of self-care, human kindness, shaping the world and friendship with God. And after eight centuries, "Franciscan" means much more than "just" the movement that goes back to Francis and his companion Clare of Assisi. Inspired by the two of them, countless women and men in very different life situations have connected inwardness with commitment, mysticism with politics, tradition with innovation and individuality with community. For their own respective time and culture, they have all concretised what "Franciscan" is – a concept in motion: not a still image but a film. This is why this book presents an unprecedented unique gallery of personalities that represent an aspect of Franciscan charisma. And it leads to the events of Church and world history that are marked in a special way by the Franciscan spirit. Although they are from various epochs, they all speak to today. And conversely, as people of today, the authors enter into a dialogue with a history to which they also belong. This book is suitable as an introduction to Franciscan spirituality, as well as for committed people who desire impulses for depth and expansiveness in everyday life.
- What "Franciscan" means today
- Highlights from history and the present
- Written in a vivid style with colourful illustrations
- Political, social, religious and ecological
