Автор:R. W. Carstens Год: 2011 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 144 ISBN: 9781457506550 Professor R.W. Carstens was born on May 27, 1947 in Davenport, Iowa, the second of ten children of Gene W. and June Carstens. He attended St. Ambrose College, receiving his B.A. in 1969 cumlaude with majors in political science and philosophy and a minor in history. After two years in the Army, he was honorably discharged in 1971 with the rank of E-5 (sergeant) and a citation for distinguished service. From 1971-1974, Dr. Carstens studied at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio,receiving his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science and political philosophy. His dissertation was entitled "The Notion of Obligation in the Political Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas." Why St.Francis Of Assissi Still Matters The book uses the legenda of St. Francis as a means of locating an important message for our time. St. Francis seems to have seen that the change in the thirteenth-century meaning of property and poverty would inevitably lead to the devaluation of Christian personhood. To...
