Sacred Laughter
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Sacred Laughter

Humor and Laughter in Religious, Cultural, and Mythic Traditions

  1. 249 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Sacred Laughter

Humor and Laughter in Religious, Cultural, and Mythic Traditions

About this book

This anthology explores the intersection of humor and laughter with various faith, religious, and mythic traditions.

Each chapter covers a unique case where humor and laughter have intersected with some part of a religious, cultural, or mythic tradition and explores how and why laughter and humor are important in those stories. The contributors also explore how the role of humor and laughter shaped and influenced the various religions, cultures, or myths and what that might mean to the parent society. Each author also adds a bit of reflection on how they think their work is relevant to issues of humor in our modern world.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2026
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9798216261100
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Sociology of Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Sacred Laughter
  10. Chapter 1: The Wheel of Gelastic Fortune: The Turnings of Monastic Mirth
  11. Chapter 2: The Transformative Nature of the Sun-God’s Laughter in Ancient Egyptian Religious Texts
  12. Chapter 3: The Archfigure Trickster: The Role of Humor in Functional Models of the Trickster-Civilizer’s Actions in North American Indian Myths
  13. Chapter 4: Humor in Islam
  14. Chapter 5: Buddhism, Humor, and Laughter
  15. Chapter 6: Transformations of a Japanese Deity of Dance: Humor, Ritual, and the Question How to Reach the Gods
  16. Chapter 7: The Sanctity of the Funny: Christian Clown Ministries and the Paradox of the Profane
  17. Chapter 8: Serious Buddha, Laughing Krishna?: Some Aspects of Fun and Games in Hinduism and Buddhism
  18. Chapter 9: “The Gods Live like Us”: Sacred Humor in Africa
  19. Chapter 10: Boiled Shoe, Enamoured Cow, and a Buddha in a Fur: Buddhist Humor in Mongolian Communities
  20. Chapter 11: Laughing to Move the Gods: The Transformative Power of Humor in Shinto
  21. Editor’s Epilogue
  22. Index
  23. About the Contributors

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