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In the Roman and Byzantine Near East, the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing individuals whose apparent madness allowed them to achieve a higher level of spirituality. Youval Rotman examines how the figure of the mad saint or mystic was used as a means of individual and collective transformation prior to the rise is Islam.

Psychology and religion --- Mental illness --- Religion and sociology --- Christian saints --- Holy fools --- Fools for Christ --- Christians --- Saints --- Canonization --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Madness --- Mental diseases --- Mental disorders --- Disabilities --- Psychology, Pathological --- Mental health --- Religion and psychology --- Religion --- Religious aspects --- Social aspects --- Psychology and religion - Byzantine Empire --- Mental illness - Religious aspects - Byzantine Empire --- Mental illness - Social aspects - Byzantine Empire --- Religion and sociology - Byzantine Empire --- Christian saints - Byzantine Empire --- Holy fools - Byzantine Empire --- Byzance --- Folie pour le Christ