Chapter published in:
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
► pp. 12–16

Religion and humour

The big picture

| Long Island University
Published online: 27 October 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/thr.10.02sch
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