St. Francis of America: How a Thirteenth-Century Friar Became America's Most Popular Saint

How did a thirteenth-century Italian friar become one of the best-loved saints in America? Around the nation...
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Author: Patricia Appelbaum
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St. Francis of America: How a Thirteenth-Century Friar Became America's Most Popular Saint by Appelbaum, Patricia

St. Francis of America: How a Thirteenth-Century Friar Became America's Most Popular Saint

¥10,019

St. Francis of America: How a Thirteenth-Century Friar Became America's Most Popular Saint

¥10,019
Author: Patricia Appelbaum
Format: Paperback
Language: English
How did a thirteenth-century Italian friar become one of the best-loved saints in America? Around the nation today, St. Francis of Assisi is embraced as the patron saint of animals, beneficently presiding over hundreds of Blessing of the Animals services on October 4, St. Francis's Catholic feast day. Not only Catholics, however, but Protestants and other Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and nonreligious Americans commonly name him as one of their favorite spiritual figures. Drawing on a dazzling array of art, music, drama, film, hymns, and prayers, Patricia Appelbaum explains what happened to make St. Francis so familiar and meaningful to so many Americans.

Appelbaum traces popular depictions and interpretations of St. Francis from the time when non-Catholic Americans "discovered" him in the nineteenth century to the present. From poet to activist, 1960s hippie to twenty-first-century messenger to Islam, St. Francis has been envisioned in ways that might have surprised the saint himself. Exploring how each vision of St. Francis has been shaped by its own era, Appelbaum reveals how St. Francis has played a sometimes countercultural but always aspirational role in American culture. St. Francis's American story also displays the zest with which Americans borrow, lend, and share elements of their religious lives in everyday practice.



Author: Patricia Appelbaum
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 08/01/2020
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9781469661421

About the Author
Appelbaum, Patricia: - Patricia Appelbaum, an independent scholar of religion and American culture, is author of Kingdom to Commune: Protestant Pacifist Culture between World War I and the Vietnam Era.

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