Religious Satire and the Crucified Christ: Upsetting Theological Discourse
This article discusses the relationship between religious satire and Christian theology to explore the possibility of satiric theology. It takes its departure from the proclamation of the cross (cf. 1 Cor 1:27) to demonstrate that the Crucified Christ can be a source for satire. To accomplish this,...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Journals Online & Print: | En cours de chargement...
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| Dans: |
Religion & theology
Année: 2020, Volume: 27, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 15-46 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Bibel. Korintherbrief 1. 1,27
/ Jesus Christus
/ Crucifixion
/ Monty Python's life of Brian
/ Satire
/ Théologie
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Spiritualité chrétienne CD Christianisme et culture FA Théologie NBF Christologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Stanley Hauerwas
B Satire B Life of Brian B Theologia Crucis B Theology of the cross |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | This article discusses the relationship between religious satire and Christian theology to explore the possibility of satiric theology. It takes its departure from the proclamation of the cross (cf. 1 Cor 1:27) to demonstrate that the Crucified Christ can be a source for satire. To accomplish this, Paul Simpson’s analysis of satire is used to analyse the notorious crucifixion scene of Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Subsequently, by way of Stanley Hauerwas’s theorising of irony, it is argued that satiric theology is theology in iconoclastic fashion. Hence, satiric theology supplies alternative comical stories to estrange people from the familiar and challenge misconceptions, thereby offering a valuable contribution to theological debate and Christian practice. |
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| ISSN: | 1574-3012 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15743012-bja10006 |