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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waco, Tex. :
Baylor University Press,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 Cilliers walk t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 253 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781602583672 1602583676 |