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Francis of Assisi As Artist of the Spiritual Life
An Object Relations Theory Perspective
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2010
Summary
Francis of Assisi as Artist of the Spiritual Life applies modern psychological understanding to a historical person. While most such studies have sought a comprehensive personality profile, this work focuses on one aspect — Francis' imagination — and seeks greater insight into the imaginatively inspired spiritual vision of St. Francis. An analysis of Francis' writings builds on a survey of modern views of the imagination and the approach of ORT, or Object Relations Theory. ORT, with its contention that the imaginative creation of an infant's world develops out of the earliest interactions with the maternal caregiver, highlights the way Francis formed his way of visualizing the reality around him. While any study of a person 800 years in the grave is more dependent on what is plausible than on what is determinable, this study finds numerous examples where Francis' writings display an adept use of imagination and even encourages others in that use in a manner that corresponds to an ORT perspective on tutoring the imagination.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5250-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5251-3
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
275
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Acknowledgments No access
One. Purpose and Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
Two. Influences on the Formation of Medieval Imaginations No access Pages 19 - 66
Three. The Imagination as Viewed in Contemporary Theories No access Pages 67 - 106
Four. D.W. Winnicott and the Object Relations Theory No access Pages 107 - 136
Five. Object Relations Theory After Winnicott No access Pages 137 - 164
Six. Experience and Relationship: The Imaginative Activity of Francis of Assisi No access Pages 165 - 204
Seven. Change, Faith, and the Image of God: The Imagination of Francis of Assisi No access Pages 205 - 244
Eight. Meaning and Conclusion No access Pages 245 - 264
