Studying the Life of Saint Clare of Assisi - by William Hugo & Joanne Schatzlein (Paperback)

About the Book

This workbook has been successful with high school graduates and Ph.Ds. It works for anyone who wants to do a guided study of the life of St. Clare of Assisi using primary sources. Studying the Life of St. Clare helps readers understand the Franciscan intuition in ways that move beyond St. Francis of Assisi.

Book Synopsis

This workbook has been successful with high school graduates and Ph.Ds. It works for anyone who wants to do a guided study of the life of St. Clare of Assisi using primary sources. Those benefiting from this unique approach include Franciscans of all kinds, especially those in formation programs, students of medieval or female spirituality, historians of religious life, women and men working in Franciscan ministries, former pilgrims who have visited Assisi and anyone wanting to learn how different people in the history of the church responded to its changing circumstances. Studying the Life of St. Clare helps readers understand the Franciscan intuition in ways that move beyond St. Francis of Assisi.

Review Quotes

I strongly recommend it, not only because it meets a need but because it meets that need so well. Anyone in formation who worked their way through this text would end up thoroughly well-informed and able to follow and contribute to the scholarly debates about Clare and her place in the early Franciscan movement. -- Sr. Frances Teresa Downing, OSC "Poor Clares, St. Leonards on Sea"

Rather than spoon-feeding readers, the authors provide them with an array of critical interpretive tools that encourage them to directly engage the texts and reach their own conclusions. This workbook is a unique and vital contribution to studies of Clare of Assisi. -- Catherine M. Mooney, Ph.D. "Boston College"

This is an important contribution to Franciscan and Clarian studies that will help users to discover and appreciate the 'backstory' of Clare's life-long struggle to receive papal approval for her Form of Life and the enduring contribution of the women who followed her example. -- Michael W. Blastic, OFM "Old Mission Santa Barbara"