This monograph explores the way that the profile and the critical functions of the holy fool have developed in European cinema, allowing this traditional figure

This monograph explores the way that the profile and the critical functions of the holy fool have developed in European cinema, allowing this traditional figure

The religious landscape in Europe is changing dramatically. While the authority of institutional religion has weakened, a growing number of people now desire in

Eastern Europe has produced rich and varied film cultures--Czech, Hungarian, and Serbian among them-whose histories have been intimately tied to the transition

There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. Their conduct may be unruly and salacious, they may blaspheme