Redeeming the Age in Which We Live: Ignazio Silone's The Story of a Humble Christian

This essay explores Ignazio Silone's seldom considered book, "The Story of a Humble Christian." Part memoir, history, and theatre, this book tells the story of Pope Celestine V, the first, and until Benedict XVI, the only pope to resign. The book lends itself to an interpretation that...

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Main Author: Connor, Kimberly Rae 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 9
Further subjects:B Leadership
B Pope Francis
B Humility
B Organizational Behavior
B Transcendence
B Celestine V
B Ignazio Silone
B Identity
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Summary:This essay explores Ignazio Silone's seldom considered book, "The Story of a Humble Christian." Part memoir, history, and theatre, this book tells the story of Pope Celestine V, the first, and until Benedict XVI, the only pope to resign. The book lends itself to an interpretation that applies a consideration of Silone's recently revealed and complicated biography with a reflection on the current occupant of the papacy, Pope Francis, as a way to articulate how flawed humans can experience transcendent and transformative possibilities when they lead with humility.
ISSN:2077-1444
Contains:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel10090494