Between Heaven and Mirth
Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life
- 272 pages
- English
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Between Heaven and Mirth
Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life
About this book
“Between Heaven and Mirth will make any reader smile. . . . Father Martin reminds us that happiness is the good God’s own goal for us.” —Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York
From The Colbert Report’s “official chaplain” James Martin, SJ, author of the New York Times bestselling The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, comes a revolutionary look at how joy, humor, and laughter can change our lives and save our spirits.
A Jesuit priest with a busy media ministry, Martin understands the intersections between spirituality and daily life. In Between Heaven and Mirth, he uses scriptural passages, the lives of the saints, the spiritual teachings of other traditions, and his own personal reflections to show us why joy is the inevitable result of faith, because a healthy spirituality and a healthy sense of humor go hand-in-hand with God's great plan for humankind.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Excessive Levity
- Chapter One: The Most Infallible Sign - Joy and the Spiritual Life
- Chapter Two: Why So Gloomy? - A Brief but 100 Percent Accurate Historical Examination of Religious Seriousness
- A Study in Joy: Psalm 65
- A Study in Joy: The Visitation
- A Study in Joy: I Thessalonians
- Conclusion: Get Ready for Heaven
- For Further Exploration
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Books by James Martin
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher