Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Laughing gods, weeping virgins [electronic resource] : laughter in the history of religion / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.Description: vi, 188 pISBN:
  • 9780203411605
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print edition.
Contents:
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.
Item type: eBooks
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-181) and index.

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.

Also available in print edition.

Electronic reproduction. [London, Eng. : Taylor and Francis, 2012]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book.

Copyright © 2020 Alfaisal University Library. All Rights Reserved.
Tel: +966 11 2158948 Fax: +966 11 2157910 Email: librarian@alfaisal.edu