Laughing gods, weeping virgins : laughter in the history of religion /

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Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse. The Mesopotamian Anu, the Israelite Jahweh, the Greek Dionysos, the Gnostic Christ and the late modern Jesus were a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilhus, Ingvild Sælid
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Temas:
Laughter > Religious aspects > Comparative studies.
Emotions > Religious aspects > Comparative studies.
Emotions > Religious aspects
Laughter > Religious aspects
Comparative studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The ancient near east : laughter of derision and laughter of regeneration
  • 2. Greece : when laughter touches the unthought
  • 3. Rome : critic of laughter and critical laughter
  • 4. Early Christianity : laughter between body and spirit
  • 5. Medieval Christianity : carnival, Corpus Christi and bodily laughter
  • 6. Modernity and the remythologization of laughter : churchly boredom and therapeutic laughter
  • 7. Religion of jokes : flirtation with the east.

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