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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
[2018]
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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 |
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Theology
B Ethics Psychological aspects B Salvation B AUGUSTINE, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430 B Laughter Religious aspects |
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