期刊名称：FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts
印刷版ISSN：1749-9771
出版年度：2008
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期号：0
语种：English
出版社：School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh
摘要：The Christian Church’s sometimes hostile relationship to any form of play has often been noted. T he Scottish singer/songwriter Michael Marra has observed that in Scotland today there are still communities that chain up swing-sets on Sunday—a practice which implies that playing can be sinful, at least if done on the most theological day of the week. Play likewise often returns the insult by making religion a frequent object of satire and ridicule, as for example with Moliere’s Tartuffe , Monty Python’s Life of Brian , and frequent episodes of popular shows like The Simpsons and South Park . But is the relationship between theology and play really as troubled as a first glance might indicate? A closer look at both play and theology might, I want to suggest, reveal some surprising affinities, and putting the two in dialogue with one another might just provide both with helpful correctives.
