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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"foolishness"”.
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Genesis and Development of Holy Foolishness as a Textual Topos in Early Russian Literature
… with thematic and stylistic application of holy foolishness in the writings of the leader of Russian Schism Archpriest Avvakum (1620--1682).
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From the Mouths of Babes: Putti as Moralizers in Four Prints by Master H.L.
… purposes. Of these four, the first two decry the foolishness of misdirected affections, while the second pair share a surprising connection to the celebration of Carnival. With their unusual approach and multilayered symbolism, these prints serve as brilliant windows on to the era's religious …
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DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES: MEDICAL DIATRIBES IN EARLY MODERN DRAMA
… eminence—aided by the population’s ignorance and foolishness. Vulgus vult decipi, as the saying went. However, the situation was more ambiguous, last but not least, because things were not as backward and unorthodox as they may seem to anyone who looks at the past searching for ignorance and …
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Inventing Idiocy: Law, Land And The Construction Of Intellectual Disability In Late Medieval England
… supplanted older religious constructions of foolishness, and is indeed medical in origin. Instead, I suggest that a stable and distinctive concept of intellectual disability entered Western thought when a category invented by lawyers to deal with practical problems of inheritance burgeoned …
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True and False Boasting in 2 Cor. 10-13
… boasting of his opponents in terms of foolishness (cf. 11:16-21), and he asserts that their actions reveal a lack of knowledge (10:12). This ambivalent evidence generates certain questions. For Paul, what is the distinction between proper and improper boasting? Is Paul engaged in …
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Identifying the Classical Theologia Crucis and in this Light Karl Barth's Modern Theology of the Cross
This dissertation is presented in two parts. It first identifies the shape and content of an ancient system of Christian thought predicated on the theology of the cross of Jesus Christ, and proposes the marks typifying its theologians. Over against the ensuing hermeneutic it next finds the project …