4.20 Clinton Manley • Reading • "How Then Shall We Mock? Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire"

Resources to Click

· “How Then Shall We Mock?: Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire”- Clinton Manley

· “The Serrated Edge of Scripture: How God Uses Satire” – Clinton Manley

· “Humour” – G.K. Chesterton

· “On Satire, Moods, And What We’re Known For” – Joe Rigney

· “Letter XI: To the Reverend Fathers, The Jesuits” – Blaise Pascal

·  “Against the Valentinians” – Tertullian

· “The Right to Ridicule?” – Michael J. Ovey

· “And Wilson, Almost Suitably Abashed, Responds” – Doug Wilson

· “The Use of Satire in the Book of Isaiah and in Christian Ministry” – Tom Woolford

· “When Should Christians use Satire?” – John Piper

· Theme of the Month: Wise Words: Simple, Salty, Sacred

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Books to Read

· Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion – Os Guinness

· “Satire” in the Dictionary of Biblical Imagery – Leland Ryken, James Wilholt

· God Mocks: A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to StephenColbert – Terry Lindvall

· A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense in Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking – Doug Wilson

· The Problem of Pain – C.S. Lewis

· Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis

· Leadership and Emotional Sabotage – Joe Rigney

· Orthodoxy – G.K. Chesterton