Francisco de Assis e o Islã: a vida segundo a forma do santo evangelho e a minoridade como caminho para o diálogo inter-religioso

Abstract

This thesis seeks to analyze the trajectory of Francisco de Assis and the meaning of his meeting with the sultan in a time of conflicts between Christians and Muslims during the V Crusades. Life according to the Holy Gospel and the Minority's choice as to how to exist in the world opened up paths so that Francisco de Assis could be appointed as a man who searched for inter religious dialogue. His stance and his texts are analyzed in this research through authors that wrote about the meeting that occurred between Francisco de Assis and Sultan malek-al-kamil in the city of Damieta in the year 1219-- it was clearly meeting for dialogue. The research was divided into three parts and seven chapters. The first part has three chapters, and the second and third have two each. The first part contains the process of conversion in which Francisco went through, the second part contains the process of the evolution of the brotherhood formed around Francisco, a constitution of the Law of Life of Order, the moments of nearing and distancing of the vision of Francisco compared to the church's vision. The third and last part explain Francisco's texts and acts show how his life project according to a form of the Holy Gospel and the choice of the minority indicate him as a dialogue seeker.