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"In this study, Sergey A. Ivanov examines the phenomenon of holy foolery from a cultural standpoint. Adopting a diachronic approach, he identifies the prerequisites for holy foolery, considers the way it was shaped in the religious mind, and follows the emergence of the first hagiographic texts describing these paradoxical saints. In exploring the subsequent tradition of holy foolery, he shows how the genuinely insane could be promoted to the ranks of holy fools, as new generations of hagiographers attempted to read insanity in the light of the established canon. He also uncovers a large number of Byzantine and Old Russian sources dealing with holy fools who, for various reasons, were not entered into the official lists of saints."--Jacket.
. Precursors and emergence -- 2. Insane saints -- 3. Lechers and beggars -- 4. Holy scandal -- 5. The 'second edition' of holy foolery -- 6. The 'new theologians' -- 7. Balancing at the edge -- 8. Decline -- 9. Old Russian Iurodstvo -- 10. The Iurodivyi and the tsar -- 11. Iurodstvo in an age of transition -- 12. Iurodstvo meets modernity -- 13. The eastern periphery -- 14. The western periphery.
Sergey A. Ivanov ; translated by Simon Franklin.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-456) and index.
Ivanov, S.A. (Sergeĭ Arkadʹevich), 1956-