Preaching fools : the Gospel as a rhetoric of folly /
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 p...
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Other Authors / Creators: | Cilliers, Johan. |
Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, ©2012. |
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |
Table of Contents:
- 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.