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Author Saward, John.

Title Perfect fools : folly for Christ's sake in Catholic and orthodox spirituality / John Saward
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1980

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 247 pages)
Contents 1. Folly to Greeks -- 2. Follly to the Orthodox East -- 3. Folly from East to Far West -- 4. Joy, Mirth, and Folly in the Hermits of the Eleventh Century -- 5. God's Jesters: The Cistercians -- 6. The Golden Age -- 7. The School of Père Lallemant -- 8. Jean-Joseph Surin: Schizophrenia or Spirituality -- 9. Bretons, Bards, and Buffoons -- 10. The Love of Eternal Wisdom -- 11. The Continuing Tradition -- 12. Conclusion: Perfect Fools
Summary This title, by John Saward, explores foolishness and fools in Catholic and Orthodox spirituality
Notes Includes index
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Subject Spiritual life -- Catholic Church -- History of doctrines
Spiritual life -- Orthodox Eastern Church -- History of doctrines
Folly -- Religious aspects -- Orthodox Eastern Church.
Holy fools.
Folly -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Folly -- Religious aspects -- Orthodox Eastern Church.
Folly -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Holy fools.
Spiritual life -- Catholic Church -- History of doctrines.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191670046
0191670049