Humour and religion: challenges and ambiguities
Humour and Religion highlights the importance and functioning of humour in different world religions. Exploring the major religious cultures, the book looks at more constructive aspects to the relation between humour and religion, with humour seen as a pathway to spiritual wisdom. Exploring how reli...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Continuum
c2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Series/Journal: | Continuum religious studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
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Wit and humor Religious aspects Congresses
B Conference program 2009 (Antwerp) B Wit and humor ; Religious aspects ; Congresses B Electronic books B Wit and humor Religious aspects Congresses B Religion Humor Congresses B Religion ; Humor ; Congresses |
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| Summary: | Humour and Religion highlights the importance and functioning of humour in different world religions. Exploring the major religious cultures, the book looks at more constructive aspects to the relation between humour and religion, with humour seen as a pathway to spiritual wisdom. Exploring how religions contain (implicit) references to the finitude and relativity of the human condition, and why humour and spirituality fit well together, contributors discuss what the meaning of humour in different religions is - Did it evolve historically? How does it function? How is humour related to th |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index Proceedings of a congress held Apr. 20-21, 2009 at the University Centre Saint Ignatius Antwerp |
| ISBN: | 1441163131 |