Perfect Fools Folly for Christ's Sake in Catholic and Orthodox Spirituality

by Saward, John

• ISBN13: 9780192132307
• ISBN10: 019213230X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Folly to Greeks	p. 1
Folly in the Orthodox East	p. 12
Folly from East to Far West	p. 31
Joy, Mirth, and Folly in the Hermits of the Eleventh Century	p. 48
God's Jesters: The Cistercians	p. 58
The Golden Age	p. 80
The School of Père Lallemant	p. 104
Jean-Joseph Surin: Schizophrenia or Spirituality	p. 118
Bretons, Bards, and Buffoons	p. 147
The Love of Eternal Wisdom	p. 185
The Continuing Tradition	p. 197
Conclusion: Perfect Fools	p. 212
Notes	p. 220
Index	p. 243
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