{"product_id":"holy-tears-kimberley-christine-patton-9780691114446","title":"Holy Tears: Weeping in the Religious Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat religion does not serve as a theater of tears? \u003ci\u003eHoly Tears\u003c\/i\u003e addresses this all but universal phenomenon with passion and precision, ranging from Mycenaean Greece up through the tragedy of 9\/11. Sixteen authors, including many leading voices in the study of religion, offer essays on specific topics in religious weeping while also considering broader issues such as gender, memory, physiology, and spontaneity. A comprehensive, elegantly written introduction offers a key to these topics. Given the pervasiveness of its theme, it is remarkable that this book is the first of its kind--and it is long overdue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The essays ask such questions as: Is religious weeping primal or culturally constructed? Is it universal? Is it spontaneous? Does God ever cry? Is religious weeping altered by sexual or social roles? Is it, perhaps, at once scripted and spontaneous, private and communal? Is it, indeed, divine? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The grief occasioned by 9\/11 and violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, and elsewhere offers a poignant context for this fascinating and richly detailed book. \u003ci\u003eHoly Tears\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with a compelling meditation on the theology of weeping that emerged from pastoral responses to 9\/11, as described in the editors' interview with Reverend Betsee Parker, who became head chaplain for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City and leader of the multifaith chaplaincy team at Ground Zero. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The contributors are Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Amy Bard, Herbert Basser, Santha Bhattacharji, William Chittick, Gary Ebersole, M. David Eckel, John Hawley, Gay Lynch, Jacob Ol pqn  (with Sol  Aj b d ), Betsee Parker, Kimberley Patton, Nehemia Polen, Kay Read, and Kallistos Ware.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kimberley Christine Patton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691114447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691114446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.14w x 0.80d","brand":"Kimberley Christine Patton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946942071039,"sku":"9780691114446","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9f047f5b-043a-4359-bf90-d8448f88b9a1.jpg?v=1681515836","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/holy-tears-kimberley-christine-patton-9780691114446","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}