Stand-Up Preaching : Humor and the Foolishness of Proclamation

The authors look closely at both the cultural phenomenon of stand-up comedy and theories of humor, asking what preachers can learn from both. Stand-Up Preaching brings the task of preaching into conversation with both the comedic parts of the Bible and the theological parts of the comedic in order t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jacobson, Karl N.
Otros Autores: Willimon, Will, Jacobson, Rolf A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, Minnesota : 1517 Media, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Pastor Step into a Pulpit: Preaching, Humor, and Stand-Up Comedy
  • 2. "I Don't Care Who You Are
  • That's Funny Right There": Letting the Bible Be Funny
  • 3. "No One's Laughing at God
  • We're All Laughing with God": Theology and a God Who Laughs
  • 4. Who's Laughing Now?: Biblical Laughers, Why They Laugh, and a Joyful Homiletic
  • 5. Wit, Sarcasm, and "Incarnation": Humor and the Prophets
  • 6. Preach like Peter, Pray like Paul, Laugh like Sarah: Stand-Up Theologians
  • Appendix: Two Sermons
  • Notes
  • Scripture Index
  • Working Preacher Books

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