And the laugh shall be first ; a treasury of religious humor /compiled by William H. Willimon.

And the laugh shall be first ; a treasury of religious humor /compiled by William H. Willimon. - Nashville : Abingdon Press, (c)1986. - 156 pages : illustrations ; 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.



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Wit and humor--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BR115 / .A538 1986 BR115