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 ...

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly correspondent Bob Faw says, "Audiences guffaw—or wince—at humor which is all about coping and which thrives in a Jewish culture where everyone and everything can be mocked ...

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 ...

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 ...

I’m now 67 and can’t recall a prayer ever making the national news – until now. On Jan. 3, Emanuel Cleaver, who is a Democratic congressman from Missouri as well as a United Methodist minister, ...

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 ...

While crafting the second season of Aziz Ansari’s Emmy-winning series Master of None, one episode in particular jumps out as more personal than usual: “Religion,” the season’s third installment.

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.

The Colbert Report courtesy of Comedy Central (c)2009, (c)2010 and (c)2011. All rights reserved. KIM LAWTON, correspondent: Did you hear the one about the funny saint ...

Having a good sense of humor %2842%25%29 was almost a statistical tie with caring about Israel %2843%25%29 Survey measured main qualities Jews say are essential to ...