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Nationality
  
United States


Name
  
Conrad Hyers

Role
  
Writer

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Born
  
July 31, 1933 (
1933-07-31
)
Philadelphia, PA

Known for
  
Author of many books on religion.

Died
  
March 23, 2013, East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Education
  
Princeton Theological Seminary

Books
  
Zen and the Comic Spirit, The Meaning of Creation, And God Created Laughter, The Spirituality of Comedy, The Comic Vision and the Christ

Occupation
  
Professor of religion.

Merritt Conrad Hyers (31 July 1933 – 23 March 2013) was an American writer, lecturer, and ordained Presbyterian minister. He received his Ph.D. in Theology and Philosophy of Religion from Princeton Theological Seminary. Before retiring he was a Professor of Religion at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota from 1977-1997.

Works

  • Holy Laughter (1969)
  • Once-Born, Twice-Born Zen (1971)
  • Zen and the Comic Spirit (1975)
  • The Comic Vision and the Christian Faith (1981)
  • The Meaning of Creation: Genesis and Modern Science (1984)
  • And God Created Laughter (1987)
  • The Laughing Buddha (1989)
  • The Spirituality of Comedy (1996)
  • References

    Conrad Hyers Wikipedia