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Christianity and the Triumph of Humor

From Dante to David Javerbaum
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
244 Seiten
Englisch
Taylor & Franciserschienen am31.03.2021
This book traces the development of religious comedy and leverages that history to justify today´s uses of religious humor in all of its manifestations, including irreverent jokes. It argues that regulating humor is futile and counterproductive, illustrating its point with a host of comedic examples.mehr
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KlappentextThis book traces the development of religious comedy and leverages that history to justify today´s uses of religious humor in all of its manifestations, including irreverent jokes. It argues that regulating humor is futile and counterproductive, illustrating its point with a host of comedic examples.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-367-78533-8
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2021
Erscheinungsdatum31.03.2021
Seiten244 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 156 mm, Höhe 234 mm, Dicke 13 mm
Gewicht358 g
Artikel-Nr.57764952

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Introduction: The Way, the Truth, and the Laugh; Part I: Ideological and Theological Coordinates of Humor; 1 Ideology and Laughter: Against the Liberal Paradigm of Humor; 2 Theology and Laughter: Against the Confessional Paradigm of Humor; Part II: Religious Comedy and Christianity: Historical Developments and the Contemporary Scene; 3 A Chronicle of Triumph: Religious Comedy from Dante to Javerbaum; 4 Varieties of Religious Irreverence: Contemporary Religious Comedy from Mark Lowry to South Park; Conclusion; Epilogue: Humor in Non-Christian Traditions; Key Terms and Definitions; Bibliography; Appendixmehr

Autor

Bernard Schweizer is a Professor of English in the Department of English, Philosophy, and Foreign Languages at Long Island University, USA. He specialises in humor studies, heresy studies, travel studies and gender studies and has written multiple articles and books in these areas, including Hating God: The Untold Story of Misotheism (2010).