Francis of Assisi as artist of the spiritual life
Subtitle: an object relations theory perspective
By: Andrew T. McCarthy
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780761852506
Subjects: Christian saints; Object relations (Psychoanalysis); Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Purpose and introduction; title: Influences on the formation of medieval imaginations; title: The imagination as viewed in contemporary theories; title: D. W. Winnicott and the object relations theory; title: Object relations theory after Winnicott; title: Experience and relationship: the imaginative activity of Francis of Assisi; title: Change, faith, and the image of God: the imagination of Francis of Assisi; title: Meaning and conclusion.