Holy Tears : Weeping in the Religious Imagination /

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What religion does not serve as a theater of tears? Holy Tears addresses this all but universal phenomenon with passion and precision, ranging from Mycenaean Greece up through the tragedy of 9/11. Sixteen authors, including many leading voices in the study of religion, offer essays on specific topic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hawley, John Stratton, 1941- (Editor ), Patton, Kimberley C. (Kimberley Christine), 1958- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2005]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Weinen <Motiv>
Religion.
Weinen > Motiv
Religion
Crying > Religious aspects.
RELIGION > Spirituality.
RELIGION > Devotional.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Inspiration & Personal Growth.
Pleurs > Aspect religieux.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The poetics and politics of ritualized weeping in early and medieval Japan / Gary L. Ebersole
  • Productive tears : weeping speech, water, and the underworld in Mexica tradition / Kay Almere Read
  • "Why do your eyes not run like a river?" : ritual tears in ancient and modern Greek funerary traditions / Gay Ord Pollock Lynch
  • "Sealing the book with tears" : divine weeping on Mount Nebo and in the Warsaw ghetto / Nehemia Polen
  • The Gopīs' tears / John Stratton Hawley
  • Hsüan-tsang's encounter with the Buddha : a cloud of philosophy in a drop of tears / Malcolm David Eckel
  • Weeping in classical Sufism / William C. Chittick
  • "No power of speech remains" : tears and transformation in south Asian majlis poetry / Amy Bard
  • Ẹkuń ìyàwó : bridal tears in marriage rites of passage among the Ọ̀yọ́-Yorùbá of Nigeria / Jacob K. Olúpọ̀nà with Ṣọlá Ajíbáde
  • A love for all seasons : weeping in Jewish sources / Herbert W. Basser
  • "Pray with tears and your request will find a hearing" : on the iconology of the Magdalene's tears / Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
  • Tears and screaming : weeping in the spirituality of Margery Kempe / Santha Bhattacharji
  • "An obscure matter" : the mystery of tears in Orthodox spirituality / Kallistos Ware
  • "Howl, weep and moan, and bring it back to God" : holy tears in Eastern Christianity / Kimberley Christine Patton
  • "Send thou me" : God's weeping and the sanctification of Ground Zero / Betsee Parker.

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