Tradition and Innovation in Western Christian Attitudes toward the Environment
by
Roger D. Sorrell
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 1988
One of the best-loved saints of all time, Francis of Assisi is often depicted today as a kind of proto-hippie or early environmentalist. This book, the most comprehensive study in English of Francis's view of nature in the context of medieval tradition, debunks modern anachronistic interpretations,...