vol. 39, Issue #4

Online Journal Article: Who Are The Truly Poor? Francis, Boff, Kazantzakis - by Frederick Sontag* Jets 39/4 (December 1996) 609–615

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WHO ARE THE TRULY POOR?
FRANCIS, BOFF, KAZANTZAKIS
FREDERICK SONTAG*
JETS 39/4 (December 1996) 609–615

Excerpt:
LEONARDO BOFF, ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR
Leonardo Boff has given us an account of Saint Francis in the context of
“liberation theology.” This is a good general setting in which to consider
Francis, since he surely aimed to set himself, and hopefully others, free from the
constraints of a dominating world and/or Church. The problem we have is to
detach Francis from any distortion this setting might involve. As Boff states,
he wants to use Francis as a “model for human liberation,” and there is no
question but that Francis freed himself from the confines of the life that would
have limited him to his societally defined state. Boff states clearly that the
“liberation theology” in which he sets Francis is not Francis’ own. But our
question is to decide how faithful this is to the gospel Francis preached.
--from page 609