Holy Tears: Weeping in the Religious Imagination

by JohnStrattonHawley (Editor), KimberleyChristinePatton (Editor)

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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.

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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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 05 Jul 2005
ISBN 10: 0691114447
ISBN 13: 9780691114446

Holy Tears: Weeping in the Religious Imagination

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