Week # 14 - November 19, 2012

“Three clergymen – one Catholic, one Jewish, and one Episcopalian”
Religious humor: sacred vs secular. Between appropriateness and hostility.

 

Readings for Weeks #14:
Chapter 8: Toward Religion… My religion, not yours.
Apte, Mahadev (1985): Humor in Religion. A reprint from Humor and Laughter. An Anthropological Approach. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press. Pp. 151-176.

Tamer, George (2006): The Qur’an and Humor. A reprint from Tamer, George, ed. (2009): Humor in der arabischen Kultur / Humor in Arabic Culture. Berlin, New York: Walter De Gruyter.