Humour in the Beginning: Religion, humour and laughter in formative stages of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism
Edited by Roald Dijkstra and Paul van der Velde
[Topics in Humor Research, 10] 2022. xii, 306 pp.
Roald Dijkstra
List of John Benjamins publications for which Roald Dijkstra plays a role.
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Subjects Humor studies
Articles
2022 Converting comedians: Humour and laughter as a way to interpret the early Christian mime reports Humour in the Beginning: Religion, humour and laughter in formative stages of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism, Dijkstra, Roald and Paul van der Velde (eds.), pp. 108–126 | Chapter
The early Christian aversion for the comic and for theatre has been much discussed. The ongoing large popularity of the theatre, predominantly comical in nature, long after the establishment of Christianity as the leading religion of the Roman empire, tells a different story. Theatre and… read more
2022 Humour in religion: A Protean phenomenon Humour in the Beginning: Religion, humour and laughter in formative stages of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism, Dijkstra, Roald and Paul van der Velde (eds.), pp. 274–300 | Chapter