Jesus as Trickster

March 27, 2007 on 12:47 am | In Shout-Outs, Unitarian Universalism |

I am preaching this coming Sunday on Jesus as a Trickster figure, and as Holy Fool.

Does anyone have favorite readings on the subject?

Thanks for helps. Kiss of peace.

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  1. As far as blog sources, the Happy Tutor a good post on Trickster Christ a couple years back. It doesn’t seem to be up anymore, but I’ve got at least part of it still here.

    Comment by Chance — March 27, 2007 #

  2. I’m preaching on same, and my favorite resource for fool info (in preaching and life) is Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde. A treasure trove.

    Comment by parisa — March 27, 2007 #

  3. I don’t know how easy it might be to find, but Web Kitchell’s “Coyote” series uses the Trickster image a lot. Actually, it would probably be available at the UUA bookstore.

    Comment by ms. kitty — March 27, 2007 #

  4. There’s an old Christmas carol on a Nowell Sing We Clear album about Jesus playing with the other children in town, who didn’t play nicely. Jesus ran out on the water, the rest of them followed, and then they drowned! There’s a verse at the end where Mary takes a switch to him. My jaw was on my chest the first time I heard it.

    Comment by Jess — March 27, 2007 #

  5. Dear all- two of my favorite seminary professors have done work on “the foolishness” of Jesus, and Jesus as jester/trickster figure- Satn Saunders and Chuck Campbell- I recommend them highly- N

    Comment by Anonymous — March 27, 2007 #

  6. It’s not really the trickster theme, but if you remember, Marc Chagall loved the circus and scriptures as inspiration for his artwork. Maybe his images will provide visual inspiration…..

    Comment by karlassi — March 27, 2007 #

  7. Oh, and “Lord of the Dance?”

    Comment by Chance — April 12, 2007 #

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