1. Literary Play and Religious Referentiality
Virgil Nemoianu
2. As It Is Said
Judah Goldin
3. The Mirth of God: An Essay on Biblical Humor
Arthur Quinn
4. Guilty Pleasure: The Comic, the Sacred, and Placer(es) in the Autos Sacramentales of Calderon de la Barca
Barbara E. Kurtz
5. Milton "Ridens": Reinventing the Temporality of Tradition and Faith
Sanford Budick
6. "The Laughter of Despair": Irony, Humor, and Laughter in Kierkegaard and Carlyle
Eric J. Ziolkowski
7. Max Jacob--Meditation as Play
Mary Anne O'Neil
8. Hegelianism and Its Monsters: The Dynamics of Writing in Georges Bataille
Jean-Michel Heimonet
9. The Literary Value of Hope: Peguy's Porche du Mystere de la deuxieme vertu
Robert Royal
10. The Theology of Mario Luzi's Poetry
Giuseppe Mazzotta
11. Ritual: The Divine Play of Time
Louis Dupre
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