The Franciscan Anglican Where Two Traditions Meet in Prayer and Purpose

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Where Two Traditions Meet in Prayer and Purpose

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Brother Sun, Sister Earth: How Anglican and Franciscan Traditions Are Weaving a Common Theology of Creation Care
Spirituality & Practice

Brother Sun, Sister Earth: How Anglican and Franciscan Traditions Are Weaving a Common Theology of Creation Care

Across the United States, Anglican and Franciscan-rooted faith communities are discovering that their shared reverence for creation is more than a theological coincidence — it is a foundation for urgent, collaborative action on ecological justice. Drawing on St. Francis's mystical kinship with the natural world and the Anglican Communion's increasingly robust environmental commitments, this article explores how two ancient traditions are finding contemporary common ground in the sacred work of c

The Poor Man of Assisi Speaks to the Prosperous Pew: Franciscan Simplicity and the Wealth Gospel in American Anglican Life
Theology & Tradition

The Poor Man of Assisi Speaks to the Prosperous Pew: Franciscan Simplicity and the Wealth Gospel in American Anglican Life

As prosperity-inflected preaching finds a foothold in certain American Anglican congregations, the eight-hundred-year-old witness of St. Francis of Assisi offers a searching and uncomfortable counterpoint. What does the radical divestiture of the Poverello demand of communities that have grown comfortable equating divine favor with financial blessing? This article examines the theological fault lines — and the invitation to renewal — that emerge when Franciscan simplicity meets the modern Americ