Quick: Name your favorite Catholic comedian or humorist. Can't think of one? There's a reason for that. Religious humor can be tricky. Either it's saccharine and not that funny, or it's hilarious but ...

The idea of religion can often seem serious like fire and brimstone, but it isn’t always a straight-face matter. Religion, and Christianity specifically, is full of joyful moments of laughter and ...

In the Talmud, the Rabbis taught that humor is valuable in Torah study, as it warms people’s hearts and brings joy into the learning. For example, before starting to lecture or teach, Rabbah “would ...

Religious humor may seem like an oxymoron, but some feel humor plays an important role in the religious experience. Humor in religion is a necessary experience because humor has a way of reminding ...

MASSILLON − The Book of Genesis includes the story of Abraham and Sarah, a childless, elderly couple who were promised by God that they would have a son. The very idea made Sarah laugh. Then arrived ...

Uh-oh, there goes your friend with another religious joke. Will it be one of those cute, mild ones? Or one of those sarcastic attacks? Religious humor can be as risky as racial or ethnic humor. Then ...

Admittedly, the “religious humor” section of the bookshelf is markedly sparse. Yet that’s where you’ll find “Sin Bravely: A Memoir of Spiritual Disobedience” from comedy writer Maggie Rowe, a suburban ...

Internet memes are a popular way of communicating online, yet while they may seem playful, their messages are often quite serious. Memes are digital images that combine pictures with and succinct ...

Just below the altar at Trinity United Methodist Church in Poquoson, the Rev. Roy P. White yuks it up in his sermon with the help of a snide ventriloquist’s dummy named Isaac. Kids crowd around him.

A Protestant minister, a Catholic priest, and a Jewish rabbi often appear together in a popular genre of jokes. And last week when a real minister, priest, and rabbi got together at the University of ...

What’s so funny about religion? Publishers with new titles that lampoon the faithful hope a whole heaven of a lot. But they acknowledge that taking jokes about God, the cross, the Bible, sin and ...