Pranksters, Standups, and Fitness Gurus: New Perspectives on Parody
Name:
Pranksters, Standups, and Fitness Gurus: New Perspectives on Parody
Date:
February 29, 2024
Time:
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CST
Website:
https://rap.wustl.edu/events/
Event Description:
Join us for this panel discussion featuring new scholarship in the realm of parody, religion, and politics. - Jesus and Jest: Comedy and Christianity in the 1960s Joshua Wright, Hope College - How Standup Made Islam Secular Samah Choudhury, Ithaca College - In on the Joke: Selling Parody and Religion at SoulCycle Cody Musselman, Washington University in St. Louis This event is third in the series “Reverent Irreverence: Parody, Religion, and Contemporary Politics,” sponsored by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.