Theology, comedy, politics
The three elisions of comedy -- The metaphysics of comedy -- Comed and Trinity -- Comedy and politics.
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Minneapolis
Fortress Press
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Dispatches turning points in theology and global crisis
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| Further subjects: | B
Comic, The
Religious aspects
Christianity
B Comic, The ; Religious aspects ; Christianity B Religion in literature B Politics in literature B Comic, The Political aspects |
| Summary: | The three elisions of comedy -- The metaphysics of comedy -- Comed and Trinity -- Comedy and politics. How is comedy relevant to the global crises of late modernity and the theological critiques that respond to them? For an earlier generation of theologians, whose experiences were shaped by war, tragedy was the literary paradigm for ethical and theological understanding. By contrast, this work draws upon recent philosophical, anthropological, and psychoanalytic studies of humor to develop a theology of comedy. By deconstructing secular accounts of comedy, Marcus Pound argues that comedy is a participation in the divine. As such, it should inform our thinking about liturgical, sacramental, and ecclesial life, especially if theology is to respond to postmodern capitalism's ideological imperative to "have fun." -- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223) and indexes |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 235 Seiten, 18 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5064-3162-8 1-5064-3162-3 |
