Taking Laughter Seriously in Augustine's "Confessions"

This essay analyzes the subtle theology of laughter that is scattered across Augustine's Confessiones (conf.). First, I draw on Sarah Byers's work in order to argue that Augustine adopts and adapts Stoic moral psychology as a means of sorting the laugh into two moral kinds - as evidence of...

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Main Author: Coyle, Justin Shaun (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center [2018]
In: Augustinian studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-86
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
Further subjects:B Theology
B Ethics Psychological aspects
B Salvation
B AUGUSTINE, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430
B Laughter Religious aspects
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