Seeing Differently: Franciscans and Creation
Br Simon Cocksedge ET AL.
(CANTERBURY PRESS, 192 PP, £16.99)
Tablet bookshop price £15.29 • tel 020 7799 4064

This is exactly the sort of book we need at this moment in history. The pandemic has conspired with the distress of our young people and with Pope Francis, among many others, to make us aware of our disastrous impact on Creation and our great need for the wisdom of St Francis of Assisi. Now three Franciscans have drawn together their own reflections and insights to share sensitive prayer and tough thinking echoing Francis’ own teaching.
Like all good Franciscan history, the book begins with stories, and then gradually leads us deeper, until even the complexities of Duns Scotus’ essential but subtle thinking are woven into this rich heritage.