Beggars of God: The Christian ideal of mendicancy

Journal of Religious Ethics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 305-330

  Munzer, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquinas; Begging; Bonaventure; Francis of Assisi; Imitation of Christ; Mendicancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049084640     PISSN: 03849694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0384-9694.00019     Document Type: Review

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