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Humorists vs. Religion: Critical Voices from Mark Twain to Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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Humorists vs. Religion: Critical Voices from Mark Twain to Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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Humorists vs. Religion: Critical Voices from Mark Twain to Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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Critical humorists and religion are steeped in a long-standing cultural antagonism. This book recounts the dramatic skirmishes between religion--its dogma and edicts, political manifestations, and the nature of faith--and the satire, parody, jokes and hyperbole of popular wits. The writings of Twain, Vonnegut, Mencken and Hitchens are included, along with the films of Monty Python, the cartoons of
, the animated television series
and
, the comedy of George Carlin and Bill Maher, the music of Randy Newman and Pussy Riot, the performance monologue of Julia Sweeney and the magic of Penn Jillette.