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Humor, Philosophy, and Religion PPTHumor, Philosophy, and Religion PPT
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Humor, Philosophy, and Religion

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Philosophy and religion are the topics of this presentation, though humor is what ties them together. Providing many examples of humor in different religions (Evangelism, Buddhism, Mormonism) and from different philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, Kierkegaard), the slides detail how laughter connects humanity and is present in all parts of life. The end of the slideshow provides links to other resources on humor and religion.

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humor, semantics

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humor, Philosophy, Religion, semantics, tragedy and comedy, comic vision, tragic vision, humor in the bible, english language arts
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Grade
Higher Ed
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English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Presentations
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For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
43

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