Roly Bain: Difference between revisions

A 1996 German monograph by Angelika Richter and Lori Zonner in the ''[[Journal of Religion and Health]],'' described by [[Marc Abrahams]] in his book ''This Is Improbable'', called Bain the most prominent spiritual clown in England.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AdryW0Y9tuYC|title=This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens and Other WTF Research|last=Abrahams|first=Marc|date=2013-03-07|publisher=Oneworld Publications|isbn=9781851689750|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/jan/12/improbable-research-clowns|title=Clowning for Christ – dos and don'ts|last=Abrahams|first=Marc|date=2010-01-11|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-09-09}}</ref> The "Clown" entry in the ''Encyclopedia of Christian Education'' mentions Bain, adding that clown ministry is "an authentic way of doing theology" which offers unique insights into the nature of God and humanity, and as such has been accepted by mainline denominations.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e6YoCQAAQBAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Christian Education|last=Kurian|first=George Thomas|last2=Lamport|first2=Mark A.|date=2015-05-07|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=|isbn=9780810884939|location=|pages=302–303|language=en|via=}}</ref> Sandra Billington's 2015 book ''A socialSocial historyHistory of the foolFool'' statesdescribes the inspirational aspects of the clownerie and its spread of <nowiki>''"a kind of mental oxygen''". The 2015 editionShe draws parallels between Roly Bain celebrating the ChurchChristian court jester (e.g.for example, in his 2001 book) and similar publications such as 1999's ''The Corporate Fool of 1999'', which advocateadvocates '"creative folly'</nowiki>" in the workplace.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7cTuBgAAQBAJ|title=A Social History of the Fool|last=Billington|first=Sandra|date=2015-03-19|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=9780571299997|location=|pages=first page of the 2015 preface|language=en|via=}}</ref>