LEADER 03903oam 2200649I 450 001 9910783894703321 005 20230421043332.0 010 $a1-134-71767-9 010 $a1-134-71768-7 010 $a1-280-10918-1 010 $a0-585-45343-8 010 $a0-203-41160-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203411605 035 $a(CKB)1000000000251376 035 $a(EBL)180088 035 $a(OCoLC)567894809 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281306 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11219904 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281306 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10300883 035 $a(PQKB)11120900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL180088 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10062729 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL10918 035 $a(OCoLC)52750763 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000251376 100 $a20180706d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLaughing gods, weeping virgins $elaughter in the history of religion /$fIngvild Saelid Gilhus 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1997. 215 $a1 online resource (198 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-55505-1 311 $a0-415-16197-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 153-166) and index. 327 $aCover; Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Laughter, the Body and Two Fields of Meaning; Theories of Laughter; History of Religions; Three Cultural Contexts of Religious Laughter; 1 the Ancient Near East; Laughter and Trickery; Creation, Change and Control; Gods and Human Beings; Jahweh and the Battle Against Erotic Laughter; Divine Laughter: Its Channels and Consequences; 2 Greece; Cunning Gods/immortal Gods; Laughing Women; Between Comedy and Tragedy; Chaotic Laughter; 3 Rome; 'all This Business of Laughter-raising Is Trivial 327 $aCritical Laughter On Tour with the Gods; Animals and Mysteries; The Divine Man and the Mocking of Christianity; Farewell to Laughter; 4 Early Christianity; Church Fathers and Desert Fathers; Weeping Virgins; Did Anyone Laugh?; The Ludicrous Jahweh and the Laughing Christ; Gnostic Mythology; Spiritual Laughter; 5 Medieval Christianity; The Feast of Fools; Deforming the Lord's Supper and Elevating the Ass; Carnival in Religion; Corpus Christi; Embodied Laughter; From Body to Mind; 6 Modernity and the Remythologization of Laughter; Bakhtin and Utopian Laughter; Postmodern Mythology 327 $aChrist as Clown The Laughing Christian; Jokes of Criticism and Doubt; Rolling in the Aisles; 7 Religion of Jokes; Buddhism Comes Laughing; The Joking Guru; A Key Symbol; Absolute Self/relative World; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aLaughing 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 606 $aLaughter$xReligious aspects$vComparative studies 606 $aEmotions$xReligious aspects$vComparative studies 615 0$aLaughter$xReligious aspects 615 0$aEmotions$xReligious aspects 676 $a291.2 700 $aGilhus$b Ingvild Saelid.$01554980 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783894703321 996 $aLaughing gods, weeping virgins$93816594 997 $aUNINA