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Ancient Greece
Animal Worship
Author_Ingvild Saelid Gilhus
Carnival Laughter
Carnivalesque Body
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CORPUS CHRISTI
Critical Laughter
Derisive Laughter
divine
divine anthropology
Divine Flesh
Divine Laughter
Eco's Book
Eco’s Book
English Mystery Plays
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feast
fools
Gnostic Mythology
Gnostic Myths
Gnostic Texts
historical analysis of laughter in religion
Holy Men
Homo Ludens
humour in theology
John Chrysostom
laughter
life
lord's
mythological narratives
Obscene Joking
religious symbolism
Risus Sardonicus
ritual studies
sound
Spiritual World
tree
Vice Versa
Violated
Virginal Life
Wakefield Master
Western religious traditions
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415555050
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 16 May 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse. The Mesopotamian Anu, the Israelite Jahweh, the Greek Dionysos, the Gnostic Christ and the late modern Jesus were all laughing gods. Through their laughter, gods prove both their superiority and their proximity to humans.
In this comprehensive study, Professor Gilhus examines the relationship between corporeal human laughter and spiritual divine laughter from c`ussical antiquity, to the Christian West and the modern era. She combines the study of the history of religion with social-scientific approaches, to provide an original and pertinent exploration of a universal human phenomenon, and its significance for the development of religions.
