“Base, but nevertheless holy”: lessons in liminality from Symeon the holy fool
Victor Turner briefly mentions the liminality of "holy beggars" and "simpletons" (1969: 110) but this point has received little attention in existing literature on either liminality or holy fools. The seventh-century saint's life "The Life of Symeon the Fool" is of...
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| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2014]
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Studies in religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 592-612 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Leontius, Neapolitanus 600-670, Vita S. Simeonis Sali
/ Fool for Christ
/ Borderline situation (Motif)
/ Social criticism
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality KBL Near East and North Africa KCD Hagiography; saints |
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