Theology, Comedy, Politics

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." --

Info autore

Marcus Pound is Assistant Director of the Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University, where he is also Associate Professor of Theology. He has taught at Bristol University, Birkbeck College London, and Nottingham University. He is the author of Theology, Psychoanalysis, and Trauma (SCM, 2007), and Slavoj Zizek: A (Very) Critical Introduction (Eerdmans, 2008), and has coedited Theology After Lacan (Wipf & Stock, 2015).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pound Marcus, Marcus Pound
• Con la collaborazione di: Scott A Kirkland (Editore), Scott A. Kirkland (Editore), Ashley John Moyse (Editore)
• Editore: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781506431628
• ISBN: 978-1-5064-3162-8
• Pagine: 235
• Dimensioni: 125 mm x 177 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 256 g
• Serie: Dispatches
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni