{"product_id":"when-saint-francis-saved-the-church-how-a-converted-medieval-troubadour-created-a-spiritual-vision-for-the-ages","title":"When Saint Francis Saved The Church: How A Converted Medieval Troubadour Created A Spiritual Vision For The Ages: How a Converted Medieval Troubadour Created a Spiritual Vision for the Ages","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.6; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(243, 241, 241);\"\u003eNow in paperback, \u003cem style=\"font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;\"\u003eWhen Saint Francis Saved the Church \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a surprising new look at the world’s most popular saint, showing how this beloved, but often-mythologized character created a spiritual vision for the ages and may very well have rescued the Christian faith.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.6; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(243, 241, 241);\"\u003eIn \u003cem style=\"font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;\"\u003eWhen Saint Francis Saved the Church \u003c\/em\u003e(paperback), popular historian Jon Sweeney presents an intriguing portrait of Francis beyond the readily familiar stories and images. In the tradition of Thomas Cahill’s \u003cem style=\"font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;\"\u003eHow the Irish Saved Civilization\u003c\/em\u003e, Sweeney reveals how the saint became a hinge in the history of the Christian faith and shows how in just fourteen years—from 1205 to 1219—the unconventional and stumbling wisdom of a converted troubadour changed the Church. Sweeney outlines Francis’s revolutionary approach to friendship, “the other” (people at the margins), poverty, spirituality, care (for people, creatures, and the natural world), and death.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.6; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(243, 241, 241);\"\u003eThis vibrant book presents the unsullied life and message of Francis in its essential details, offering a sweeping, informative, remarkable look at how Francis and his movement quite literally saved the Christian faith—and continues to offer a spiritual vision with contemporary relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.6; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(243, 241, 241);\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;\"\u003eFeatures \u0026amp; Benefits\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em 11px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.53px; background-color: rgb(243, 241, 241);\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside; line-height: 1.75;\"\u003eJon Sweeney’s eleven other books have combined sales of more than 150,000 copies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside; line-height: 1.75;\"\u003eSweeney has appeared on Fox News, CBS’s \u003cem style=\"font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;\"\u003eNews in Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, CBS’s \u003cem style=\"font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;\"\u003eSaturday Morning\u003c\/em\u003e, WGN-TV, WTTW in Chicago’s\u003cem style=\"font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;\"\u003e Chicago Tonight\u003c\/em\u003e, and PBS television, as well as a wide variety of radio programs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside; line-height: 1.75;\"\u003eSweeney is an independent scholar, culture critic, and writer of popular history, best known as the author of \u003cem style=\"font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;\"\u003eThe Pope Who Quit\u003c\/em\u003e (a History Book Club selection, an audio book from Franciscan Media, and was optioned by HBO, Inc).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46187102208177,"sku":"9781594716461","price":21.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":46187102240945,"sku":"9781616368999","price":40.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46187102273713,"sku":"ce1586a3-a758-3448-81fd-e49fcd8ffcd6","price":23.89,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_a1e9119a-ef17-453d-946c-49a0c4ec38e3.jpg?v=1762856939","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/when-saint-francis-saved-the-church-how-a-converted-medieval-troubadour-created-a-spiritual-vision-for-the-ages","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}