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200 10$aDivine Play, Sacred Laughter, and Spiritual Understanding /$fby P. Laude
205   $a1st ed. 2005.
210  1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2005.
215   $a1 online resource (280 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-270) and index.
327   $aCover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Ma?ya? and the Divine Treasure; 2 Ambiguity of the Demiurge; 3 Dionysus, Shiva, Osiris; 4 Divine Troublemakers; 5 Coyote and Kin; 6 Reading the Trickster's Footsteps; 7 Thundering Clowns; 8 Spiritual Laughter; 9 Fools for Christ's Sake; 10 The People of Blame; 11 Fools on a Tightrope; 12 Epilogue: Cracks of Light; Notes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aThis study in the relationship between religion and the comic focuses on the ways in which the latter fulfils a central function in the sacred understanding of reality of pre-modern cultures and the spiritual life of religious traditions. The central thesis is that figures such as tricksters, sacred clowns, and holy fools play an essential role in bridging the gap between the divine and the human by integrating the element of disequilibrium that results from the contact between incommensurable realities. This interdisciplinary and cross-cultural series of essays is devoted to spiritual, anthropological, and literary characters and phenomena that point to a deeper understanding of the various mythological, ceremonial, and mystical ways in which the fundamental ambiguity of existence is symbolized and acted out. Given its interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective, this volume will appeal to scholars from a variety of fields.
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606   $aLiterature
606   $aSociology of Religion
606   $aPhilosophy of Religion
606   $aComparative Religion
606   $aSpirituality
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615 24$aPhilosophy of Religion.
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