Essai sur l'humour du Christ dans les évangiles
Collection Parole présente
368 pages - mai 2004
36,30€
L'émouvant rapprochement entre les chrétiens et leurs frères juifs, au-delà des péripéties tragiques et baroques de notre époque, peut inciter les lecteurs des évangiles à retrouver le bon usage de l'humour, si profond, si constant, dans les mœurs et l'âme juives - afin de mieux retrouver et goûter la saveur, piquante, poignante, des récits et des dialogues retracés avec verdeur par les familiers du Christ. On peut escompter, d'une lecture des textes saints selon la clef de l'humour, outre une compréhension renouvelée, une préparation à son application concrète dans nos vies quotidiennes, affrontées à la complexité croissante d'un monde de plus en plus brusque et imprévisible. Car l'humour est décidément approprié, comme nous le rappelait Kierkegaard, en vue d'assurer une contenance de justesse et de vérité, sans crispation, dans les situations difficiles et pourtant significatives. Il permet d'approcher avec esprit les paradoxes et d'unir les contrastes, donnant de quoi déjouer les pièges et les risques d'hypocrisie, ou même les pires tentations. Il lui revient d'ouvrir l'accès à l' « incognito » de Dieu. Dans les plus extrêmes ou les plus familières des situations, Jésus a donc donné clairement et obscurément, pour soutenir ses disciples - et nous-mêmes - l'exemple, le modèle mémorable d'une maîtrise chaleureuse de l'humour, surprenant puis amenant à une ouverture libératrice. Il aide à relier, intimement, universellement, la passion et la résurrection, le fini et l'infini. Il convient spécifiquement au message inouï, messianique, d'intériorisation, par lequel le Christ, au-delà de la Croix et de la mort, nous révèle la proximité surprenante, le Royaume, d'un Dieu d'Amour, Père.
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The moving reconciliation between Christians and their Jewish brothers, over and above the tragic and baroque events of our epoch, might encourage readers of the gospel to rediscover the humour in the Jewish soul and customs, so profound and so constant. In so doing, they will get to know better and enjoy those piquant and heart-rending accounts and dialogues that are so candidly recounted by those close to Christ. We can be sure that a reading of the Holy Scriptures, employing the key of humour, will yield not only a renewed understanding but also preparation for concrete application in our day-to-day existence in an increasingly complex, violent and unpredictable world. Because, as Kierkegaard liked to remind us, humour is an ideal mode if we wish to assure accuracy and truth of content without creating tension, in situations that are difficult, but nevertheless vital. It enables us to approach paradoxes with spirit and to unify contrasts, giving us the means to avoid traps and the dangers of hypocrisy - even the worst temptations. It is humour that opens up the access to God’s ‘incognito’. Whether in the most extreme or the most familiar situations, Jesus thus set the example, clearly and obscurely, in order to sustain his disciples – and us. He provided the unforgettable model with a heart-warming mastery of humour - surprising, but leading on to liberating prospects. It helps to connect, intimately and universally, the Passion and the Resurrection, the finite and the infinite. It is specifically suited to that staggering, messianic message of interiorization through which Christ, beyond the Cross and death, reveals to us the astonishing proximity, the Kingdom, of a God of Love, Father.
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The moving reconciliation between Christians and their Jewish brothers, over and above the tragic and baroque events of our epoch, might encourage readers of the gospel to rediscover the humour in the Jewish soul and customs, so profound and so constant. In so doing, they will get to know better and enjoy those piquant and heart-rending accounts and dialogues that are so candidly recounted by those close to Christ. We can be sure that a reading of the Holy Scriptures, employing the key of humour, will yield not only a renewed understanding but also preparation for concrete application in our day-to-day existence in an increasingly complex, violent and unpredictable world. Because, as Kierkegaard liked to remind us, humour is an ideal mode if we wish to assure accuracy and truth of content without creating tension, in situations that are difficult, but nevertheless vital. It enables us to approach paradoxes with spirit and to unify contrasts, giving us the means to avoid traps and the dangers of hypocrisy - even the worst temptations. It is humour that opens up the access to God’s ‘incognito’. Whether in the most extreme or the most familiar situations, Jesus thus set the example, clearly and obscurely, in order to sustain his disciples – and us. He provided the unforgettable model with a heart-warming mastery of humour - surprising, but leading on to liberating prospects. It helps to connect, intimately and universally, the Passion and the Resurrection, the finite and the infinite. It is specifically suited to that staggering, messianic message of interiorization through which Christ, beyond the Cross and death, reveals to us the astonishing proximity, the Kingdom, of a God of Love, Father.
- Dimensions : 135x195x23
- ISBN : 9782204074803
- Poids : 428 grammes
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