Divine play, sacred laughter, and spiritual understanding /

Drawing materials from mythology, theology, anthropology, and literature, and from a variety of cultural areas, Patrick Laude demonstrates that the comic--sacred clowns, tricksters, and laughter--is at the core of any fundamental and comprehensive understanding of the religious.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laude, Patrick, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Laughter > Religious aspects.
Wit and humor > Religious aspects.
Religion > Humor.
Humour > Aspect religieux.
Religion > Humour.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Theology.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
Laughter > Religious aspects
Religion
Wit and humor > Religious aspects
Humor
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Maya and the divine treasure
  • Ambiguity of the demiurge
  • Dionysus, Shiva, Osiris
  • Divine troublemakers
  • Coyote and kin
  • Reading the trickster's footsteps
  • Thundering clowns
  • Spiritual laughter
  • Fools for Christ's sake
  • The people of blame
  • Fools on a tightrope
  • Epilogue: Cracks if light.

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