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God mocks, a history of religious satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert, Terry Lindvall

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God mocks, a history of religious satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert, Terry Lindvall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

God mocks

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

906658918

Responsibility statement

Terry Lindvall

Sub title

a history of religious satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert

Summary

Lindvall chronicles the evolution of religious satire, from the biblical wit and humor of the Hebrew prophets through the Roman Era and the Middle Ages all the way up to the present. He explains that there is a method to the madness of these mockers: true satire, he argues, is at its heart moral outrage expressed in laughter, but there are remarkable differences in how these religious satirists express their outrage

Table Of Contents

Circumcised satirists -- Caesar salad satirists -- Satire made flesh -- Medieval jesters and roosters -- Reformers and fools -- Augustan poets and pundits -- Continental wits, rakes, and ironists -- American naifs and agnostics -- British Catholics and curmudgeons -- Entertainers and onions -- A fool's apology and Palinode

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History of religious satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert

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