Humour in the beginning: religion, humour and laughter in formative stages of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism
Humour in the Beginning presents a multidisciplinary collection of fourteen in-depth case-studies on the role of humour - both benign and blasphemous, elitist and ordinary, orthodox and heterodox - in early, formative stages of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and (late-antique) Judaism.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Amsterdam Philadelphia
John Benjamins Publishing Company
[2022]
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| In: |
Topics in humor research (volume 10)
Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Topics in humor research
volume 10 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Humor
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9789027211538 |
| Summary: | Humour in the Beginning presents a multidisciplinary collection of fourteen in-depth case-studies on the role of humour - both benign and blasphemous, elitist and ordinary, orthodox and heterodox - in early, formative stages of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and (late-antique) Judaism. Intro -- Humour in the Beginning -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- About the contributors -- Part I. Humour as tool and topic (essays) -- Humour, risk and religion -- Introduction: A risky form of communication -- Humour and religion -- Bibliography -- Religion and humour: The big picture -- Bibliography -- Is the application of modern humour theories on historical cases a joke? -- The many theories of humour -- The problem of the Western-centeredness of humour theories -- Bibliography -- Part II. Christianity and Judaism in Late Antiquity -- Derisive laughter and religious identity in ancient Christianity -- Nag Hammadi texts and Christian identity -- Codex II and Codex VII -- The laughter of Eve -- The laughter of the Saviour -- Laughing at the world-creator and his prophets -- Jesus smiles to/at the disciples -- Origin, function and meaning of the laughter motif -- The contribution of the laughter motif to the religious project of ascetics and monastics -- Bibliography -- Opponent or advocate?: Exploring Clement of Alexandria's attitude(s) towards laughter -- Influences -- Causing laughter -- Laughing animals -- Intoxication, lust, and laughter -- Pedagogical laughter -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- "This joke has gone on for long enough": Humour, derision, and allusion in the letters of Gregory of Nazianzus -- Attitudes towards gracefulness and play -- Confirming a friendship: Basil and the pontic pontikia -- An invitation to smile: Humour explicitly announced -- How to poke fun at your friends -- Vegetables and interpretive problems -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- The smile of the martyr -- Martyrdom as religious body practice -- The smiling martyr -- Stoic smile and eschatological smile -- Smile versus laughter -- Martyr's jokes -- Bibliography -- Divine mockery and laughing Rabbis. |
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| ISBN: | 9027257469 |