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Jesus the Holy Fool

Author : Elizabeth-Anne Stewart
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781580510615
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Jesus the Holy Fool written by Elizabeth-Anne Stewart and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Jesus the Fool

Author : Michael Frost
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 144123280X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Jesus the Fool written by Michael Frost and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Jesus the Fool

Author : Michael Frost
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780745927190
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book Jesus the Fool written by Michael Frost and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus, like the Medieval jester, reframes our thinking about ourselves, the world and God by taking us by surprise. Designed for Christians to enjoy, and to give to their uncommitted friends, this book should appeal to those who wish to give a helpful book to non-Christians.

The Fool in Christ, Emanuel Quint

Author : Gerhart Hauptmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fool in Christ, Emanuel Quint written by Gerhart Hauptmann and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On a Sunday morning in the month of May, Emanuel Quint arose from his bed on the floor of his father's little hut. He washed himself outside at the stone trough in clear water from a mountain spring, holding his hollowed hands under the crystal jet that flowed from a de cayed, moss-grown wooden spout. During the night he had scarcely slept, and now, without waking the family or taking anything to eat, he started off in the direction of Reichenbach. An old woman coming toward him on a path through the fields stopped short when she caught sight of him from afar. For the swinging stride with which Emanuel walked and his remarkably dignified bearing contrasted strangely with his bare feet, bare head, and the poverty of his garments."--excerpt

Paul, the Fool of Christ

Author : L. L. Welborn
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567030429
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Paul, the Fool of Christ written by L. L. Welborn and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-07-19 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welborn argues that Paul's acceptance of the role of a 'fool', and his evaluation of the message of the cross as 'foolishness', are best understood against the background of the popular theatre and the fool's role in the mime. Welborn's investigation demonstrates that the term 'folly' (moria) was generally understood as a designation of the attitude and behaviour of a particular social type -û the lower class buffoon. As a source of amusement, these lower class types were widely represented on the stage in the vulgar and realistic comedy known as the mime. Paul's acceptance of the role of the fool mirrors the strategy of a number of intellectuals in the early Empire who exploited the paradoxical freedom that the role permitted for the utterance of a dangerous truth. Welborn locates Paul's exposition of the 'folly' of the message about the cross in a submerged intellectual tradition that connects Cynic philosophy, satire, and the mime. In this tradition, the world is viewed from the perspective of the poor, the dishonoured, the outsiders. The hero of this tradition is the 'wise fool,' who, in grotesque disguise, is allowed to utter critical truths about authority. The book demonstrates that Paul participates fully in this tradition in his discourse about the folly of the word of the cross. The major components of Paul's argument in 1 Corinthians 1-4 find their closest analogies in the tradition that valorizes Socrates, Aesop, and the mimic fool. JSNTS 293 and ECC

Perfect Fools

Author : John Saward
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780192132307
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Perfect Fools written by John Saward and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1980 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title, by John Saward, explores foolishness and fools in Catholic and Orthodox spirituality.

The Importance of Being Foolish

Author : Brennan Manning
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062032356
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Importance of Being Foolish written by Brennan Manning and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the eyes of the world, Jesus was a fool. He did not abide by the rules of his day; the people he associated with were shunned by society; his Sermon on the Mount reads likea primer on being left behind, stepped on, and ignored. In order for us to truly be the people Jesus wants us to be, we too must learn to become "foolish." Becoming a Christian is not a magical enterprise by which we are automatically transformed into better people. We must train to become who God intends us to be. In The Importance of Being Foolish, bestselling Christian author Brennan Manning teaches us how to think like Jesus. By reorienting our lives according to the gospel we may appear to be fools in the eyes of the world, but Manning reveals that this is exactly what Jesus wants. In a powerful exploration of the mind of Christ, Manning reveals how our obsession with security, pleasure, and power prevents us from living rich and meaningful lives. Our endless struggle to acquire money, good feelings, and prestige yields a rich harvest of worry, frustration, and resentment. Manning explores what Christ's mind was truly focused on: finding the Father, compassion for others, a heart of forgiveness, and the work of the kingdom. Coming from the gentle yet compelling voice of Brennan Manning, The Importance of Being Foolish is a refreshing reminder of the radical call of Jesus and the transforming love of God.

Symeon the Holy Fool

Author : Derek Krueger
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520302117
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Symeon the Holy Fool written by Derek Krueger and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first English translation of Leontius of Neapolis's Life of Symeon the Fool brings alive one of the most colorful of early Christian saints. In this study of a major hagiographer at work, Krueger fleshes out a broad picture of the religious, intellectual, and social environment in which the Life was created and opens a window onto the Christian religious imagination at the end of Late Antiquity. He explores the concept of holy folly by relating Symeon's life to the gospels, to earlier hagiography, and to anecdotes about Diogenes the Cynic. The Life is one of the strangest works of the Late Antique hagiography. Symeon seemed a bizarre choice for sanctification, since it was through very peculiar antics that he converted heretics and reformed sinners. Symeon acted like a fool, walked about naked, ate enormous quantities of beans, and defecated in the streets. When he arrived in Emesa, Symeon tied a dead dog he found on a dunghill to his belt and entered the city gate, dragging the dog behind him. Krueger presents a provocative interpretation of how these bizarre antics came to be instructive examples to everyday Christians. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.

Fool's Talk

Author : Os Guinness
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830898506
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Fool's Talk written by Os Guinness and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016 Christianity Today Book of the Year in Apologetics/Evangelism One of Desiring God's Top 15 Books of 2015 Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, Social Criticism and Cultural Engagement In our post-Christian context, public life has become markedly more secular and private life infinitely more diverse. Yet many Christians still rely on cookie-cutter approaches to evangelism and apologetics. Most of these methods assume that people are open, interested and needy for spiritual insight when increasingly most people are not. Our urgent need, then, is the capacity to persuade—to make a convincing case for the gospel to people who are not interested in it. In his magnum opus, Os Guinness offers a comprehensive presentation of the art and power of creative persuasion. Christians have often relied on proclaiming and preaching, protesting and picketing. But we are strikingly weak in persuasion—the ability to talk to people who are closed to what we are saying. Actual persuasion requires more than a one-size-fits-all approach. Guinness notes, "Jesus never spoke to two people the same way, and neither should we." Following the tradition of Erasmus, Pascal, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, Malcolm Muggeridge and Peter Berger, Guinness demonstrates how apologetic persuasion requires both the rational and the imaginative. Persuasion is subversive, turning the tables on listeners' assumptions to surprise them with signals of transcendence and the credibility of the gospel. This book is the fruit of forty years of thinking, honed in countless talks and discussions at many of the leading universities and intellectual centers of the world. Discover afresh the persuasive power of Christian witness from one of the leading apologists and thinkers of our era.

I'd Rather Be a Fool

Author : Folorunsho Obalugemo
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1616630884
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book I'd Rather Be a Fool written by Folorunsho Obalugemo and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does today mean to you? Have you learned to value the time you have? Journey to the heart of a poet in I'd Rather Be a Fool through the open expressions of a devoted Christian and the heartfelt passion of one who's known love. Folorunsho Obalugemo warmly shares out of his gratitude to God for the life he's been given, which will encourage any troubled or sorrowful soul. In this all-encompassing work, Obalugemo writes about issues that everyone struggles with-health, career, marriage, finances, sin, and death-and reminds readers to find joy in everyday living. The original poems of I'd Rather Be a Fool will touch your heart and inspire you to appreciate the depth of God's love even more.

The Fool's Pence, and Other Narratives of Every-day Life

Author : Charles Benjamin Tayler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Fool's Pence, and Other Narratives of Every-day Life written by Charles Benjamin Tayler and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

To Play the Fool

Author : Laurie R. King
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1429993790
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book To Play the Fool written by Laurie R. King and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated author Laurie R. King dazzles mystery lovers once again in To Play the Fool, her second Kate Martinelli mystery. The story unfolds as a band of homeless people cremate a beloved dog in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. When it comes to incidents like this, the authorities are willing to overlook a few broken regulations. But three weeks later, after the dog's owner gets the same fiery send-off, the SFPD knows it has a serious problem on its hands. Other than the fact that they're dealing with a particularly grisly homicide, Inspector Kate Martinelli and her partner, Al Hawkin, have little else to go on. They have a homeless victim without a positive ID, a group of witnesses who have little love for the cops, and a possible suspect, known only as Brother Erasmus. Kate learns that Erasmus is well-acquainted with the park's homeless and with the rarefied atmosphere of Berkeley's Graduate Theological Union, yet he remains an enigma to all. It's apparent that he is by no means crazy--but he is a fool. Kate begins the frustrating task of interrogating a man who communicates only through quotations. Trying to learn something of his history leads her along a twisting road to a disbanded cult, long-buried secrets, the thirst for spirituality, and the hunger for bloody vengeance.

The Fool of God

Author : Louis Cochran
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fool of God written by Louis Cochran and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Fool's Best Joke Book Volume 1

Author : Neil Hutchison
Publisher : Proglen Trading Co., Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 6167817375
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book The Fool's Best Joke Book Volume 1 written by Neil Hutchison and published by Proglen Trading Co., Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the world of humour. What makes human beings laugh can be broadly defined under three headings: someone else's misfortune, someone else's misunderstanding or someone else's stupidity. The keywords here are "someone else's" because, let's face it, most silly things are much funnier when they happen to someone else. Neil Hutchison, creator of The Fool in Paradise, has collected thousands of jokes, then catalogued and listed them in this first volume of the Fool's Best Jokes. Now the many fans of the Fool will not have to be told that the jokes will veer away from political correctness until they are travelling in the absolute opposite direction. Now, if you have never read any of the many books about the Fool be prepared to be shocked. This book is not recommended to be read in situations where others may report you for laughing and talking to yourself. It's not recommended for those of a more liberal bent, be it feminism or any other trendy ism. The author refuses to take responsibility for any medical problems that this book may engender in readers. Life is ShortBreak the Rules Forgive Quickly Love Truly Laugh Uncontrollably ... and ... Never Regret Anything That Made You Smile

The Candle Is a Fool

Author : David Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733080941
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Candle Is a Fool written by David Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional account based in Scripture of the characters and events surrounding the death and resurrection of Christ

Fool for Christ

Author : Allen George Mills
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802068422
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Fool for Christ written by Allen George Mills and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a crucial period between the World Wars, Woodsworth helped define the character of the modern Canadian, non-Marxist Left and of many of Canada's important economic and social institutions.

Fools and Jesters in Literature, Art, and History

Author : Vicki K. Janik
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313033579
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Fools and Jesters in Literature, Art, and History written by Vicki K. Janik and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-05-21 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesters and fools have existed as important and consistent figures in nearly all cultures. Sometimes referred to as clowns, they are typological characters who have conventional roles in the arts, often using nonsense to subvert existing order. But fools are also a part of social and religious history, and they frequently play key roles in the rituals that support and shape a society's system of beliefs. This reference book includes alphabetically arranged entries for approximately 60 fools and jesters from a wide range of cultures. Included are entries for performers from American popular culture, such as Woody Allen, Mae West, Charlie Chaplin, and the Marx Brothers; literary characters, such as Shakespeare's Falstaff, Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel, and Singer's Gimpel; and cultural and mythological figures, such as India's Birbal, the American circus clown, the Native American Coyote, Taishu Engeki of Japan, Hephaestus, Loki the Norse fool, schlimiels and schlimazels, and the drag queen. The entries, written by expert contributors, are critical as well as informative. Each begins with a biographical, artistic, religious, or historical background section, which places the subject within a larger cultural and historical context. A description and analysis follow. This section may include a discussion of the fool's appearance, gender role, ethical and moral roles, social function, and relationship to such themes as nature, time, and mortality. The entry then discusses the critical reception of the subject and concludes with an extensive bibliography of general works.