Laughter At The Foot Of The Cross

Laughter At The Foot Of The Cross
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9780429721571
ISBN-13 : 0429721579
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Book Synopsis Laughter At The Foot Of The Cross by : M.a. Screech

Download or read book Laughter At The Foot Of The Cross written by M.a. Screech and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Christian laughter is a maze: you could easily get snarled up within it." So says Michael A. Screech in his note to readers preceding this collection of fifty-three elegant and pithy essays. As Screech reveals, the question of whether laughter is acceptable to the god of the Old and New Testaments is a dangerous one. But we are fortunate in our gu


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