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Preaching fools : the Gospel as a rhetoric of folly / / Charles L. Campbell and Johan H. Cilliers



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Autore: Campbell Charles L. <1954-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Preaching fools : the Gospel as a rhetoric of folly / / Charles L. Campbell and Johan H. Cilliers Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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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