Evangelicals from John Wimber to John Perkins to John Piper claimed Saint Francis as an inspiration. Sojourners founder Jim Wallis spoke of watching Franco Zeffirelli’s Saint Francis biopic Brother Sun, Sister Moon as something of a conversion experience. In frequent articles and one book about Saint Francis, Galli repeated the refrain that popular sentimentality and progressive interpretations of Saint Francis were out of line. The Kid Brothers wrote and produced a musical based on the life of Saint Francis set in the old West. Many of Saint Francis’ evangelical admirers held significant misgivings about the Saint’s example, especially around wealth and poverty.

Source: Huffington Post May 17, 2023 04:03 UTC