Jesus the Holy Fool
Title | Jesus the Holy Fool PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth-Anne Stewart |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9781580510615 |
Richly written, Jesus the Holy Fool combines diverse images from religious traditions, world literature, Jungian archetype, and Scripture. Weaving the best theology and spirituality, Jesus the Holy Fool is a fresh and inviting Christology. The Scriptures tell us that religious leaders thought Jesus was "possessed," and his own family thought he was "crazy." In his open table fellowship, choice of followers, radical passion, and his death and resurrection, Jesus was willing to appear as a fool for the sake of God's reign. His teachings--especially the parables, paradoxes, and the beatitudes--advocate a way of life that is grounded in Holy Foolishness. Through an archetypal examination of the fool motif as it applies to Jesus in the Gospels, Jesus the Holy Fool develops the connections between holiness and folly. Offering new insights into Christology and exploring its practical pastoral ramifications, Jesus the Holy Fool presents Holy Foolishness as a paradigm for the Christian journey and as a new model of what it means for us to be church.
Holy Fools
Title | Holy Fools PDF eBook |
Author | Mathew Woodley |
Publisher | Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2008-05-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1414316305 |
Pastor Woodley offers a fresh view of "holy folly," an ancient spiritual approach that combines humor, irony, spiritual discipline, surprise, radical compassion, and passionate faith--many qualities that the postmodern world hungers for. (Practical Life)
Jesus the Fool
Title | Jesus the Fool PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Frost |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2010-05-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 144123280X |
"One who is strengthened by God professes himself to be an utter fool by human standards, because he despises the wisdom men strive for."--Thomas Aquinas "Go and do likewise. . . ."--Luke 10:37 Missiologist Michael Frost is looking for the real Jesus--the man who didn't care what people thought, worked on the Sabbath, touched the unclean, ate with sinners, and generally contradicted what was acceptable to the leadership of his day. He's searching for the Jesus who embodies all the characteristics of the ancient tradition of the holy foolish paradigm as described and commended by Paul, the church fathers, and the medieval saints. And he finds him. . . . Saintly fools prefer life out in the open in the secular world, intentionally make themselves conspicuous, and consistently defy rules set by society. Frost directs our minds and hearts to the greater story of Jesus. He reminds us that following the Savior is rarely safe--and that Christ will continue to redraw our blueprint of what's right and what's righteous; and will persist in calling us to take the alternative, dangerous, ridiculous road walked by wise fools down through the centuries of the church. A much-needed and longed-for challenge to emergent, contemporary, and traditional gatherings and churches alike.
The Holy Fool
Title | The Holy Fool PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Fickett |
Publisher | Shaw |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780877883500 |
Perfect Fools
Title | Perfect Fools PDF eBook |
Author | John Saward |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780192132307 |
This title, by John Saward, explores foolishness and fools in Catholic and Orthodox spirituality.
Symeon the Holy Fool
Title | Symeon the Holy Fool PDF eBook |
Author | Derek Krueger |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2024-07-19 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0520415329 |
The Holy Fool in European Cinema
Title | The Holy Fool in European Cinema PDF eBook |
Author | Alina G. Birzache |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2016-02-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1317310624 |
This monograph explores the way that the profile and the critical functions of the holy fool have developed in European cinema, allowing this traditional figure to capture the imagination of new generations in an age of religious pluralism and secularization. Alina Birzache traces the cultural origins of the figure of the holy fool across a variety of European traditions. In so doing, she examines the critical functions of the holy fool as well as how filmmakers have used the figure to respond to and critique aspects of the modern world. Using a comparative approach, this study for the first time offers a comprehensive explanation of the enduring appeal of this protean and fascinating cinematic character. Birzache examines the trope of holy foolishness in Soviet and post-Soviet cinema, French cinema, and Danish cinema, corresponding broadly to and permitting analysis of the three main orientations in European Christianity: Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant. This study will be of keen interest to scholars of religion and film, European cinema, and comparative religion.