33.3834, Books: Humour in the Beginning: Dijkstra, van der Velde (eds.)

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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:45:24
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Humour in the Beginning: Dijkstra, van der Velde (eds.)

 


Title: Humour in the Beginning 
Subtitle: Religion, humour and laughter in formative stages of Christianity, Islam,
Buddhism and Judaism 
Series Title: Topics in Humor Research   10  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/thr.10 


Editor: Roald Dijkstra
Editor: Paul van der Velde

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027257468 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027257468 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027257468 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027211538 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027211538 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027211538 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

"Humour in the Beginning" presents a multidisciplinary collection of fourteen
in-depth case-studies on the role of humour – both benign and blasphemous,
elitist and ordinary, orthodox and heterodox – in early, formative stages of
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and (late-antique) Judaism. Its
coherence is strengthened by four preceding theoretical essays, many
cross-references and a conclusion. Thus, the volume allows for a
methodologically sound comparison and explanation of historical views on
humour in the world’s most important religions. At first sight, the
foundational period of religions do not seem to offer much opportunities for
humour. A closer look on primary sources, however, reveals the ways in which
people formulated answers to existing ideas on humour and laughter, in moments
of religious renewal. Main topics include the incongruous nature of the
divine, the role of anthropomorphism, superior and didactic humour, moderate
laughter, responses from dissenters and the gap between religious regulations
and reality.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Morphology


Written In: English  (eng)

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