Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond /

"In this study, Sergey A. Ivanov examines the phenomenon of holy foolery from a cultural standpoint. Adopting a diachronic approach, he identifies the prerequisites for holy foolery, considers the way it was shaped in the religious mind, and follows the emergence of the first hagiographic texts...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ivanov, S. A. (Sergeĭ Arkadʹevich), 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Ruso
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Temas:
Holy fools > Byzantine Empire.
Asceticism > Orthodox Eastern Church.
Fols en Christ > Empire byzantin.
Ascétisme > Église orthodoxe.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Angelology & Demonology.
Asceticism > Orthodox Eastern Church
Holy fools
Byzantine Empire
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • . Precursors and emergence
  • 2. Insane saints
  • 3. Lechers and beggars
  • 4. Holy scandal
  • 5. The 'second edition' of holy foolery
  • 6. The 'new theologians'
  • 7. Balancing at the edge
  • 8. Decline
  • 9. Old Russian Iurodstvo
  • 10. The Iurodivyi and the tsar
  • 11. Iurodstvo in an age of transition
  • 12. Iurodstvo meets modernity
  • 13. The eastern periphery
  • 14. The western periphery.

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