THE FRANCISCAN VISION AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

THE FRANCISCAN VISION AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
The San Damiano Cross ~ Francis and John ~ Creation and John
...by Michael D. Guinan, OFM
"This volume establishes a much needed bridge connecting the best of contemporary scholarship on the Wisdom tradition of the Old Testament, the Gospel of John and the vernacular tradition of Francis's own theology, expressed in his writings and portrayed in the SAN DAMIANO CROSS. Accompanied by a CD-ROM presentation of images, the text correlates a central image-text of community formation with Johannine insights into the mysteries of creation, incarnation, glory and ministry. Practitioners of the Franciscan Gospel life, gazing upon the cross with informed minds and open hearts, might be transformed into the "image of the Godhead itself" and thus enable others to read and to become the true "glory" of the love of God and neighbor in our twenty-first century." -From the editor's introduction. Published by Franciscan Institute, paperback, 60 page, comes with CD-ROM. (Order 203-0  Price $8.50)