Kimberley patton ed (24 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Very good soft cover, clean inside and out. A pioneering volume of more than 50 articles covering a vast range of traditions from African mythology to Confucianism.

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Paper Back. Condizione: New. 'The question of tears.is an obscure matter and hard to analyze,' writes St. John Climacus. A passage from the Talmud offers, 'But though the gates of prayer (sha'are tefillah) are closed, the gates of weeping (sha'are dim'ahi) are not closed.' Though tears may be a form of liquid entreaty, they are not utterance. They are alternately messy, inchoate, a posture of sorrow, or an indication of despair. Tears are often associated with certain personality types and attributed to one gender more than another. But can they supersede prayer, as the Talmud suggests? This collection of essays is a panoramic view on the question of tears and the place of weeping in the religious imagination, encompassing an incredible (and sometimes esoteric) range of subjects including ritualized weeping in Japan, tears in the Mexican tradition, ritual tears in the Greek funerary traditions, the role of tears in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sufism, weeping in Jewish sources and the Warsaw ghetto, tears as transformation in South Asian Majlis poetry and as a marital rite of passage among the Oyo-Yoruba of Nigeria, the tears of Mary Magdalene and Margery Kempe, the mystery of tears in Eastern Orthodox spirituality, and a powerful (if somewhat controversial) discussion of God's weeping at Ground Zero following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Though uneven in parts, this rare collection essentially agrees with editor Kimberley Patton's assessment that 'rather than depleting the weeper and the well of human experience, tears generate the kingdom of God.'.…

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Condizione: New. What religion does not serve as a theater of tears? This work addresses this universal phenomenon ranging from Mycenaean Greece up through the tragedy of 9/11. It offers essays on specific topics in religious weeping while also considering issues such as gender, memory, physiology, and spontaneity. Editor(s): Patton, Kimberley Christine; Hawley, John Stratton. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 466. . 2005. Paperback. . . . . …

Condizione: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New. What religion does not serve as a theater of tears? This work addresses this universal phenomenon ranging from Mycenaean Greece up through the tragedy of 9/11. It offers essays on specific topics in religious weeping while also considering issues such as gender, memory, physiology, and spontaneity. Editor(s): Patton, Kimberley Christine; Hawley, John Stratton. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 466. . 2005. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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