Sacred Laughter

Humor and Laughter in Religious, Cultural, and Mythic Traditions

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-04-02
Mått:158 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666973044

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Michael K. Cundall Jr. is professor of philosophy at North Carolina A&T State University, USA.

Recensioner i media

This collection will be of great use to anybody seeking to learn about religion and humor—especially outside of Christian and Jewish contexts. The materials on East Asian religions, in particular, are welcome additions to the field.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsEditor’s Introduction: Sacred LaughterChapter One: The Wheel of Gelastic Fortune: The Turnings of Monastic MirthTerry Lindvall and Christian PalmisanoChapter Two: The Transformative Nature of the Sun-god’s Laughter in Ancient Egyptian Religious TextsLaReina HingsonChapter Three: The Archfigure Trickster: The Role of Humor in Functional Models of the Trickster-Civilizer’s Actions in North American Indian MythsNikol DanisovaChapter Four: Humor in IslamFatima Ahmed and Sundus MohamedChapter Five: Buddhism, Humor, and LaughterRichard GardnerChapter Six: Transformations of a Japanese Deity of Dance: Humor, Ritual, and the Question How to Reach the GodsBernard ScheidChapter Seven: The Sanctity of the Funny: Christian Clown Ministries and the Paradox of the ProfaneLiz SillsChapter Eight: Serious Buddha, laughing Krishna? Some aspects of fun and games in Hinduism and BuddhismPaul van Der VeldeChapter Nine: ‘The Gods live like Us’: Sacred Humor in AfricaBenson IgboinChapter Ten: Boiled Shoe, Enamoured Cow and a Buddha in a Fur: Buddhist Humour in Mongolian CommunitiesAlevtina Solovyeva and Anastasiya FiadotavaChapter Eleven: Laughing to Move the Gods: The Transformative Power of Humor in ShintoKaitlyn UgoretzEditor’s EpilogueAbout the Contributors