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Autore: | Campbell Charles L. <1954-> |
Titolo: | Preaching fools : the Gospel as a rhetoric of folly / / Charles L. Campbell and Johan H. Cilliers |
Pubblicazione: | Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2012 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina: | 251 |
Soggetto topico: | Christianity |
Preaching | |
Altri autori: | CilliersJohan |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Don Quixote and the cross -- Folly at the heart of preaching -- Theology between fragment and form -- Melting the solidity of the world -- Fooling the world: the folly of Jesus -- Laughter and lament -- Preaching fools -- The rhetoric of folly. |
Sommario/riassunto: | The court jesters, clowns, foolish ones: all images of the comic, sometimes tragic, fool. Across national and cultural borders, the archetype of the fool has played a significant role in how communities interpret and ascribe identity. As Charles Campbell and Johan Cilliers remind us, the Christian preacher, tasked with delivering a paradoxical gospel, is also a fool. In a delicate exploration with enlightening results, Preaching Fools uses a diverse representation of fools and foolish actions to show how modern preaching is inseparable from the folly of the cross. Campbell and Cill |
Titolo autorizzato: | Preaching fools |
ISBN: | 9786613721662 |
1-60258-367-6 | |
1-280-88035-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813596903321 |
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