Theology, comedy, politics / Marcus Pound.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pound, Marcus, author.

Contributor:

Moyse, Ashley John, 1977- editor.

Kirkland, Scott, editor.

Series:

Dispatches (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Dispatches : turning points in theology and global crisis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic, The--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Comic, The.

Comic, The--Political aspects.

Religion in literature.

Politics in literature.

Physical Description:

xxi, 235 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2019].

Summary:

How is comedy relevant to the global crises of late modernity and the theological critiques that respond to them? For an earlier generation of theologians, whose experiences were shaped by war, tragedy was the literary paradigm for ethical and theological understanding. By contrast, this work draws upon recent philosophical, anthropological, and psychoanalytic studies of humor to develop a theology of comedy. By deconstructing secular accounts of comedy, Marcus Pound argues that comedy is a participation in the divine. As such, it should inform our thinking about liturgical, sacramental, and ecclesial life, especially if theology is to respond to postmodern capitalism's ideological imperative to "have fun." From back cover.

Contents:

1 The Three Elisions of Comedy p. 15

2 The Metaphysics of Comedy p. 67

3 Comedy and Trinity p. 115

4 Comedy and Politics p. 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223) and indexes.

ISBN:

1506431623

9781506431628

OCLC:

1088340402