The History of Easter Laughter
Peter Lang AG (Verlag)
978-3-631-91483-0 (ISBN)
May you laugh in church? The church fathers said ‘no’, but the question resurfaced thanks to a German custom of making the congregation laugh on Easter morning. In 1518 Oecolampadius wrote a book in which Easter Laughter is described for the first time. Until now his Latin text has never been translated. This study provides a historical account of Easter Laughter in the Early Modern period, it traces the controversy it sparked between Catholics and Protestants in the following centuries, and it attempts to offer some explanations for why a provincial custom has sparked global interest since the 1950s.
The author discusses the role of laughter in church and society demonstrating how the general assessment of laughter has changed radically in an astonishingly short time. From an almost unbroken tradition of suspicion and prohibition, laughter now enjoys high esteem. This transformation is examined with a particular focus, as the book ventures to ask how it can be a blessing that Jesus did not laugh.
Benny Grey Schuster studied theology at the University of Aarhus and Christ Church in Oxford. He taught philosophy of religion as well as systematic and practical theology in Aarhus. Additionally, Schuster served for four years as a pastor. Until 2023 he was a lecturer at the Centre for Education and Research under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark.
Table of Contents – Introduction - What Was Easter Laughter? - The History of the Effects of Easter Laughter - Arguments for and against Easter Laughter - Did Jesus Laugh? An Essay on the Cultural, Ecclesiastical, and Theological Transformation of Laughter - Johannes Oecolampadius: De Risu Paschali - Afterword and Acknowledgements – Bibliography - Index of Names - Index of Bible Texts - A Note on the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.08.2024 |
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| Verlagsort | Bern |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 3-631-91483-0 / 3631914830 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-631-91483-0 / 9783631914830 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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