Ergebnis für "Jesus" in Satire

Drei Tage nach der Kreuzigung erwacht Jesus in seinem Felsengrab, lebendig - und verwirrt. Ein satanisches Ritual hat ihn unsterblich gemacht, aber wenn er nicht stirbt, sind die Sünden der Menschen nicht vergeben, und das war doch seine einzige Aufgabe auf Erden! Gemeinsam mit seinem Verräter Judas reist Jesus durch die nächsten 2000 Jahre Menschheitsgeschichte, inspiriert Leonardo Da Vinci zum letzten Abendmahl, begegnet Martin Luther und muss mit blutenden Marienstatuen klarkommen.

The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus is an award winning religious satire; a fast-paced comedic re-imagining of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus with sensibilities similar to The Book of Mormon and Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

New York Times bestselling humorist Michael Perry makes his fiction debut with this hilarious and big-hearted tale, a comic yet sincere exploration of faith and the foibles of modern life that blends the barbed charm of Garrison Keillor, the irreverent humor of Christopher Moore, and the...

The Jesus Nut tells the parallel stories of three unlikely pilgrims - a reviled professor, a delusional homeless veteran, and a priest who loves strip clubs - searching for the greatest religious relic of the 21st century. Thrown together after a raucous showdown with evangelists, they decide to ignore their differences and work as a team in pursuit of their holy purpose. Their journey to New York City leads to a fateful encounter with a former advertising executive, whose mad ramblings suggest he might be the very oracle to help them fulfill their destiny.

What if Jesus was cloned… and didn’t want to save the world? In the neon-drenched dystopia of 2144, spirituality is a subscription service, and megachurches sell miracles like fast food. Meet Jesus 3. 0, the latest cloned messiah, who’s more anxious human than divine savior. Teamed with Sadie Vox, a jaded ex-pastor, Gary, a foul-mouthed donkey prophet, and Bishop Synth, a sentient AI toaster, Jesus must navigate a world where faith is a brand and love is a liability.

In direct response to the lasting negative effects of the Bush administration, Beat Me Sweetly, Heavy Jesus portrays a United States misrun by a series of Bush clones, each more degraded than the last, anchoring a destructive and self-fellating government which more closely resembles a monarchy. Cast into dismal times are Joe and Sam, men who struggle to survive within the new economy of the reign of President Bush VIII.

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. En la serie de aguafuertes que integran el presente volumen, el blanco de la sátira arltiana se constituye fundamentalmente en los rituales menores que rodean las relaciones entre hombres y mujeres; el noviazgo, el amor a primera vista, la castidad de las novias, el matrimonio, etc., forman parte de esos centros o "nudos" que su escritura tiende a desenmascarar. Roberto Arlt (Buenos Aires, 1900-1942) fue un escritor, dramaturgo, periodista e inventor argentino.

Just in time for the Apocalypse comes a new Biblical scripture from God and thirteen-time Emmy Award–winning comedy writer David Javerbaum. 3,000 years ago, King David wrote The Book of Psalms—hymns in praise of God that became famous worldwide. Now, with humanity on the verge of a...

Restore the wonder of the parables, the joy of the Gospel...and the discomfort of the Sword of Truth stabbed firmly in your gut. Not the Parables of Jesus contains more than 40 different takes on the original parables to snap us out of our over-familiarity and to open our eyes to the truth of the Gospel. Often fun, sometimes poignant, and occasionally painful, these parables reveal our cultural biases, hidden assumptions, and the lies we believe.

Dice llamarse Gregori Makarov, haber tocado el acordeón siendo niño ante Stalin y vivir una imposible historia de amor que le llevó a ser internado en el terrible campo de trabajo del Kolimá, uno de los lugares más lejanos e inhóspitos de Siberia, de donde no se salía vivo. Pero él sobrevivió, y su vida fue contada por un periodista, hasta que se descubrió que había sido engañado. Que no era verdad, pero tampoco mentira, que su existencia se había construido, como tantas otras, con retazos de lo que puede saberse y lo que hay que ocultar.