Foolishness in Christ
East vs. West
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20328762 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Svitlana Kobets (1UniversityofIllinoisat Urbana-Champaign, (Urbana, IL, U.S.A.), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 337-363 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian-American Slavic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-8290 • E-ISSN: 2210-2396 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/221023900x00164 |
| OpenAlex | W2052414247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
SVITLANA KOBETS (Urbana, IL, U.S.A.) FOOLISHNESS IN CHRIST: EAST VS. WEST The Foolish E a s t Eastern Orthodox Christianity has a unique category o f saints, the holy fools for Christ's sake, who in the Byzantine tradition were called saloi and in Russia are k n o w n as iurodiv'ye.1 These saints are representative o f a special kind o f Christian asceticism. While a "conventional" ascetic renounces the Profane world in order to devote his life to G o d unconditionally through chastity, poverty, and humility, the fool for Christ's sake rejects the manda- tory practices o
Art · Asceticism · Christianity · Foolishness · Humility · Idolatry · Literature · Order (exchange) · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |