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Divine Play, Sacred Laughter, and Spiritual Understanding
Patrick Laude
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Description for Divine Play, Sacred Laughter, and Spiritual Understanding
Paperback. How tricksters, laughter, sacred clowns, and holy fools play an essential role in bridging the gap between the human and divine Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HRAB; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This study in the relationship between religion and the comic focuses on the ways in which the latter fulfils a central function in the sacred understanding of reality of pre-modern cultures and the spiritual life of religious traditions. The central thesis is that figures such as tricksters, sacred clowns, and holy fools play an essential role in bridging the gap between the divine and the human by integrating the element of disequilibrium that results from the contact between incommensurable realities. This interdisciplinary and cross-cultural series of essays is devoted to spiritual, anthropological, and literary characters and phenomena that point to ... Read more
This study in the relationship between religion and the comic focuses on the ways in which the latter fulfils a central function in the sacred understanding of reality of pre-modern cultures and the spiritual life of religious traditions. The central thesis is that figures such as tricksters, sacred clowns, and holy fools play an essential role in bridging the gap between the divine and the human by integrating the element of disequilibrium that results from the contact between incommensurable realities. This interdisciplinary and cross-cultural series of essays is devoted to spiritual, anthropological, and literary characters and phenomena that point to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349531738
SKU
V9781349531738
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99-15
About Patrick Laude
PATRICK LAUDE is Professor of French at Georgetown University, USA. He is the author of several books including The Way of Poetry: Essays on Poetics and Contemplative Transformation, as well as numerous articles dealing with the relationship between mysticism, symbolism and literature, and important spiritual figures such as Jeanne Guyon, Simone Weil, Louis Massignon and Frithjof Schuon.
Reviews for Divine Play, Sacred Laughter, and Spiritual Understanding
"Laude's great gift is to uncloak the sacred arena in which our laughter rises to heaven and beyond, for there are we returned to the most human, the free, exalted expression of our divine nature." - David Appelbaum, former editor, Parabola Magazine "How can laughter truly heal? Why are we longing to laugh? Patrick Laude's insightful study demonstrates that laughter ... Read more