Conrad Hyers
The Reverend Conrad Hyers | |
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Born |
Merritt Conrad Hyers July 31, 1933 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
Died |
March 23, 2013 79) East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania, US | (aged
Spouse(s) | Geraldine Hyers[1] |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Presbyterian) |
Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Princeton Theological Seminary |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Religious studies |
Institutions | |
Merritt Conrad Hyers (1933–2013) was an American writer, lecturer, and ordained Presbyterian minister.[2] Born July 31, 1933, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[1] he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in theology and philosophy of religion from Princeton Theological Seminary.[2] Before retiring he was a Professor of Religion at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, from 1977 to 1997.[2] He died on March 23, 2013, in East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania.[1]
Works
- Holy Laughter: Essays on Religion in the Comic Perspective (1969)
- Once-Born, Twice-Born Zen: The Soto and Rinzai Schools of Japanese Zen (1971)
- Zen and the Comic Spirit (1975)
- The Comic Vision and the Christian Faith: A Celebration of Life and Laughter (1981)
- The Meaning of Creation: Genesis and Modern Science (1984)
- And God Created Laughter: The Bible as Divine Comedy (1987)
- The Laughing Buddha: Zen and the Comic Spirit (1989)
- The Spirituality of Comedy: Comic Heroism in a Tragic World (1996)
References
- 1 2 3 Zimmerman, Debbie (March 25, 2013). "Merritt Conrad Hyers of East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania". St. Peter Herald. St. Peter, Minnesota: Southernminn. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
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