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Whats So Funny About God?: A Theological Look at Humor Audiobook, by Steve Wilkens Play Audiobook Sample

What's So Funny About God?: A Theological Look at Humor Audiobook

Whats So Funny About God?: A Theological Look at Humor Audiobook, by Steve Wilkens Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Adam Verner Publisher: christianaudio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.25 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: November 2019 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781545913772

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

11

Longest Chapter Length:

52:41 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

10:52 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

35:07 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

If you don't believe God has a sense of humor, just look in the mirror.

Humor is a truly human phenomenon—crossing history, culture, and every stage of life. Jokes often touch on the biggest topics of our existence. And although it may seem simple on the surface, humor depends on the use of our highest faculties: language, intelligence, sympathy, sociability. To the philosopher Steve Wilkens, these facts about humor are evidence that God just has to be in there somewhere. Yet many Christians, scholars and laypeople alike, haven't taken humor seriously. In What's So Funny About God? Wilkens launches an exploration of the connections between humor and many of the central topics of Christian theology. He argues that viewing Scripture and theology through the lens of humor brings fresh insight to our understanding of the gospel, helps us avoid the pitfalls of both naturalism and gnosticism, and facilitates a humble, honest, and appealing approach to faith. Wilkens turns this lens on the paradoxes of human nature, the Christian calendar, church life, and new readings of well-known biblical texts, including the book of Esther, the nativity narratives, and Jesus's own teachings. Taking into account the problems of suffering and the need for timely lament, he portrays the Christian story as one that ultimately ends in cosmic comedy.

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About Steve Wilkens

Adam Verner is a stage, film, television, and voice actor and an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. He holds a BS in theater arts from Bradley University and an MFA from Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.

About Adam Verner

Adam Verner is a stage, film, television, and voice actor and an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. He holds a BS in theater arts from Bradley University and an MFA from Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.