{"product_id":"pandemic-reflections-saint-francis-and-the-lepers-catch-up-with-covid-9781804410486","title":"Pandemic Reflections: Saint Francis and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These timely essays help us, who strive to live by Franciscan values, do more than ponder our role in a world of easy sickness. What are we called to do? What does it mean to be responsible to God, ourselves, and others? I m thankful for these writers.\" Jon M. Sweeney, editor of The Complete Francis of Assisi and author of Feed the Wolf","brand":"Ethics International Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020576653655,"sku":"9781804410486","price":75.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pandemic-reflections-saint-francis-and-the-lepers-catch-up-with-covid-9781804410486","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}