And the laugh shall be first ; a treasury of religious humor /
And the laugh shall be first ; a treasury of religious humor /
compiled by William H. Willimon.
- Nashville : Abingdon Press, c1986.
- 156 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
At Adam's tomb / The clergy meet / "The hills of Zion" / "The wedding. A stage direction" / "The awful fate of Melpomenus Jones" / "The fable of the good people who rallied to the support of the church" / "The vertical Negro plan" / People's liberal church / Mackerel at the meeting / "Good men of God" / "The evangelization of a family named Fulp" / "The microchip church" / "The American way" / "Olympics for clerics" / "Methodist preachers" / Encounter with a pagan / Brush at the bank / "There is danger everywhere, and mercy too" / "How to be impressive in the pulpit" / "God is dead in Georgia" / "Fundies in their undies" / "Oral Roberts and the 900-foot Jesus" / Mark Twain -- Sinclair Lewis -- H.L. Mencken -- H.L. Mencken -- Stephen Leacock -- George Ade -- Harry Golden -- Peter De Vries -- Peter De Vries -- Lewis Grizzard -- William H. Willimon -- William H. Willimon -- William H. Willimon -- William H. Willion -- William H. Willimon -- Thornton Wilder -- Thornton Wilder -- Suzanne Britt -- Charles Merrill Smith -- Anthony Towne -- Martin E. Marty -- Robert McAfee Brown.
0687013836 (alk. paper) 9780687013838 (alk. paper)
86007851
Wit and humor--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BR 115 .H84 / A53 1986
At Adam's tomb / The clergy meet / "The hills of Zion" / "The wedding. A stage direction" / "The awful fate of Melpomenus Jones" / "The fable of the good people who rallied to the support of the church" / "The vertical Negro plan" / People's liberal church / Mackerel at the meeting / "Good men of God" / "The evangelization of a family named Fulp" / "The microchip church" / "The American way" / "Olympics for clerics" / "Methodist preachers" / Encounter with a pagan / Brush at the bank / "There is danger everywhere, and mercy too" / "How to be impressive in the pulpit" / "God is dead in Georgia" / "Fundies in their undies" / "Oral Roberts and the 900-foot Jesus" / Mark Twain -- Sinclair Lewis -- H.L. Mencken -- H.L. Mencken -- Stephen Leacock -- George Ade -- Harry Golden -- Peter De Vries -- Peter De Vries -- Lewis Grizzard -- William H. Willimon -- William H. Willimon -- William H. Willimon -- William H. Willion -- William H. Willimon -- Thornton Wilder -- Thornton Wilder -- Suzanne Britt -- Charles Merrill Smith -- Anthony Towne -- Martin E. Marty -- Robert McAfee Brown.
0687013836 (alk. paper) 9780687013838 (alk. paper)
86007851
Wit and humor--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BR 115 .H84 / A53 1986