Comedy and Creation

“Comedies seem, naturally, to take a humble, if not humbling view of human existence, and at the same time to celebrate creatureliness in a way that more heroic dramas do not.… The comic vision and the biblical vision, therefore, have considerably more in common than appears at first sight.… The com...

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Main Author: Hyers, Conrad (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 1982
In: Theology today
Year: 1982, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-26
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Summary:“Comedies seem, naturally, to take a humble, if not humbling view of human existence, and at the same time to celebrate creatureliness in a way that more heroic dramas do not.… The comic vision and the biblical vision, therefore, have considerably more in common than appears at first sight.… The comedian is also a ‘creationist.’
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/004057368203900104