Towards Christianity without authority : pluralism, skepticism, and ecclesiastical power in selected examples of humorous Newfoundland writing

• Main Author: Fralic, Michael Lloyd
• Other Authors: Fiamengo, Janice, Nelson, Brent, Lynde, Denyse, Gingell, Susan, Epstein, Heidi
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2007
• Subjects: secularization; Skepticism; Ecclesiastical; Christianity; Pluralism; Pope and Princess Di; Berni Stapleton; Confessions of Nipper Mooney; Ed Smith; Young Triffie; From the Ashes of My Dreams; Ed Kavanagh; joke books; Ray Guy; satire; humour; Newfoundland; literature; Church; ecumenism; history; ecumenical; religion; Mooney
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-02012007-153331

In recent decades in Newfoundland, a sustained interest in Christian symbols, stories, and values has been paired with increasing criticism of Christian religious institutions and agents. Newfoundland’s burgeoning tradition of professional humour has reflected this changing set of relationships to C...