{"product_id":"god-mocks-terry-lindvall-9781479886739","title":"God Mocks: A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2016 Religious Communication Association Book of the Year Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn God Mocks, Terry Lindvall ventures into the muddy and dangerous realm of religious satire, chronicling its evolution from the biblical wit and humor of the Hebrew prophets through the Roman Era and the Middle Ages all the way up to the present. He takes the reader on a journey through the work of Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales, Cervantes, Jonathan Swift, and Mark Twain, and ending with the mediated entertainment of modern wags like Stephen Colbert. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLindvall finds that there is a method to the madness of these mockers: true satire, he argues, is at its heart moral outrage expressed in laughter. But there are remarkable differences in how these religious satirists express their outrage.The changing costumes of religious satirists fit their times. The earthy coarse language of Martin Luther and Sir Thomas More during the carnival spirit of the late medieval period was refined with the enlightened wit of Alexander Pope. The sacrilege of Monty Python does not translate well to the ironic voices of Soren Kierkegaard. The religious satirist does not even need to be part of the community of faith. All he needs is an eye and ear for the folly and chicanery of religious poseurs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo follow the paths of the satirist, writes Lindvall, is to encounter the odd and peculiar treasures who are God's mouthpieces. In God Mocks, he offers an engaging look at their religious use of humor toward moral ends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry Lindvall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479886734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479886739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2015 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016","brand":"Terry Lindvall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987751534847,"sku":"9781479886739","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_156f9018-69de-4dad-a534-dc136aadd0cf.jpg?v=1683290774","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-mocks-terry-lindvall-9781479886739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}