The big picture: Religion and humour

Schweizer, Bernard

doi:10.1075/thr.10.02sch

In:Humour in the Beginning: Religion, humour and laughter in formative stages of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism
Edited by Roald Dijkstra and Paul van der Velde
[Topics in Humor Research 10] 2022
► pp. 11–16

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Religion and humour

The big picture

Bernard Schweizer | Long Island University

Published online: 27 October 2022

https://doi.org/10.1075/thr.10.02sch

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