Holy laughter; essays on religion in the comic perspective,
Hyers, M. Conrad,
Holy laughter; essays on religion in the comic perspective, edited by M. Conrad Hyers. - New York, Seabury Press [1969] - vi, 264 p. 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The comic profanation of the sacred, by M. C. Hyers.--The humanity of comedy, by W. F. Lynch.--The bias of comedy and the narrow escape into faith, by N. A. Scott, Jr.--The clown as the lord of disorder, by W. M. Zucker.--The clown in contemporary art, by S. H. Miller.--The rhetoric of Christian comedy, by B. Ulanov.--Christian faith and the social comedy, by P. L. Berger.--Humour and faith, by R. Niebuhr.--The traditional roots of Jewish humour, by I. Knox.--The humour of Christ, by E. Trueblood.--Eutrapelia: A forgotten virtue, by H. Rahner.--Zen humour, by R. H. Blyth.--The dialectic of the sacred and the comic, by M. C. Hyers.--On being with it: An afterword, by C. Walsh.--Appendix: Christian sobriety, by R. Barclay.
Arrupe
70084978
Wit and humor--Religious aspects.
PN6149.M6 / H9
202/.07
Holy laughter; essays on religion in the comic perspective, edited by M. Conrad Hyers. - New York, Seabury Press [1969] - vi, 264 p. 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The comic profanation of the sacred, by M. C. Hyers.--The humanity of comedy, by W. F. Lynch.--The bias of comedy and the narrow escape into faith, by N. A. Scott, Jr.--The clown as the lord of disorder, by W. M. Zucker.--The clown in contemporary art, by S. H. Miller.--The rhetoric of Christian comedy, by B. Ulanov.--Christian faith and the social comedy, by P. L. Berger.--Humour and faith, by R. Niebuhr.--The traditional roots of Jewish humour, by I. Knox.--The humour of Christ, by E. Trueblood.--Eutrapelia: A forgotten virtue, by H. Rahner.--Zen humour, by R. H. Blyth.--The dialectic of the sacred and the comic, by M. C. Hyers.--On being with it: An afterword, by C. Walsh.--Appendix: Christian sobriety, by R. Barclay.
Arrupe
70084978
Wit and humor--Religious aspects.
PN6149.M6 / H9
202/.07