Preaching fools : the Gospel as a rhetoric of folly / Charles L. Campbell and Johan H. Cilliers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Charles L., 1954-

Contributor:

Cilliers, Johan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Preaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Cill

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613721662

9781602583672

1602583676

9781280880353

128088035X

OCLC:

801412579