TY - BOOK ID - 101345951 TI - Muslims and humour : essays on comedy, joking, and mirth in contemporary Islamic contexts AU - Schweizer, Bernard AU - Molokotos-Liederman, Lina AU - Amin, Yasmin PY - 2022 SN - 9781529214673 152921467X 9781529214680 9781529214697 1529214696 1529214688 152921470X PB - Bristol : Bristol University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Wit and humor KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Islam KW - 297.14 KW - 297.14 Islam: religieus leven; ascese; devotie KW - Islam: religieus leven; ascese; devotie KW - Islam and humor KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam. KW - Humor. KW - Mohammedanism KW - Muhammadanism KW - Muslimism KW - Mussulmanism KW - Religions KW - Muslims UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101345951 AB - In this thought-provoking collection, Muslim and non-Muslim academics take a multi-disciplinary approach to humour in Islam. They draw on examples of comedy practices and styles to scope sociological, cultural, theological and political themes, consider humour's role in fundamentalism, and correct misconceptions about laughter in the religion. ER -