Poverty and Joy: 
The Franciscan Tradition 
William Short, O.F.M. 
Orbis, $13, 143 pp. 

William Short's Poverty and Joy: The Franciscan Vocation is the latest in an Orbis series edited by Philip Sheldrake and dedicated to tracing the contours of spiritual forms found in the various "schools" of Christian spirituality. Short's survey pays attention not only to Saint Francis and Saint Clare but to the tradition which these seminal figures empowered. Chapters are organized by major ...