{"product_id":"little-flowers-of-francis-of-assisi-a-new-translation-9781590303757","title":"Little Flowers of Francis of Assisi: A New Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of folk tales, legends, and narratives about the life of Francis of Assisi and his followers appeared about seventy-five years after the saint's death, in the early fourteenth century. The writings have remained popular ever since due to their beauty and charm, and because they are the nearest thing to a biography of Francis that exists. They are the source of many of the most famous stories about Francis--including the accounts of his preaching to the birds and of his receiving of the stigmata--and they are based on stories that circulated about him in the years after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Hopcke and Paul Schwartz provide the first truly new translation of the \u003ci\u003eFioretti\u003c\/i\u003e in forty years, and in doing so they bring the spiritual classic up to date, using contemporary language to show Francis to be a living, breathing human being who walked the streets of Assisi in a state of spiritual, physical, and social enlightenment, through his own existence making Christ real in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe translators have also edited the work to present the stories that most powerfully present Francis's spirit and teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert H. Hopcke is a licensed marriage and family therapist with degrees in both pastoral and clinical counseling. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThere Are No Accidents \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLiving the Mysteries: The Spiritual Power of the Rosary in the Lives of Contemporary People.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul A. Schwartz holds a doctorate in theology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, where he was Project Director of the Center for the Study of New Religious Movements. He has served on the faculty of San Francisco State University and of the California Institute of Integral Studies.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623959101714,"sku":"9781590303757","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ded1dedb-1515-4362-a30c-cd9d7fbbc3a3.jpg?v=1758650056","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/little-flowers-of-francis-of-assisi-a-new-translation-9781590303757","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}