Franciscans and their Finances: Economics in a Disenchanted World - Softcover

Fr. David Couturier; OFM Cap.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576593886 ISBN 13: 9781576593882

Publisher: Franciscan Inst Pubs, 2015

Synopsis

A book about Franciscans and their economics and the way that Franciscans are developing a more relational economy as they serve the poor and vulnerable around the world.

Francis fraternal economy is not primarily about dollars and cents, market shares or stock derivatives. It is about the destiny of men and women in the real world and how they come about a new security and peace in God. By the time his captivity as a prisoner of war had come to an end, Francis had given up on the violence and greed that fed the frenzy of Assisi. He found his peace in mercy in the mercy that God had for him and in the mercy that he could show to those who were poor and suffering. Francis gave away everything he had and felt the first taste of freedom in his whole life. He had given up the need to climb and be right. He had let go of the desire to imitate majesty and control the world. He would never again have to go to war, because there was nothing that anyone else had that he wanted. There was nothing he had that he would not forfeit. He had Christ and Christ had him and that was enough for Francis to feel the peace that passes all understanding.

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About the Author

Fr. David B. Couturier, OFM. Cap., is the Dean of the School of Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University in New York. He teaches at the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome and holds an appointment as the Dean R. Hoge Professor of Pastoral Planning and Church Management at the Graduate Theological Foundation in Indiana.

Edition details

• Publisher: Franciscan Inst Pubs
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576593886
• ISBN 13: 9781576593882
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260