A Mirror for Fools: An Illustrated Alphabet of Religious Satire

Product Description

Our purpose is threefold: first, to visually introduce an historical character who contributed to the practice of humor and satire in cartoon form. Second, we offer a bit of doggerel to tease some aspect of the person. Third, we settle down and provide a bit of context for the illustration and the verse. Like Horace’s dulce et utile, we hope to teach and delight simultaneously. A mix of verse and illustration and commentary is meant to send readers back to the sources, to the rich, varied tradition of wit and humor being used for moral and spiritual reform. It then serves as that mirror that shows the reader his or her face, even as the authors recognize the marks of folly in their own. (Terry Lindvall & John Lawing)

About the Author

Terry Lindvall, Ph.D. (University of Southern California) occupies the C. S. Lewis Chair of Communication and Christian Thought at Virginia Wesleyan College. He previously taught at the College of William and Mary, Duke University School of Divinity, and Regent University and has published seven books, such as Surprised by Laughter: The Comic World of C S Lewis, The Mother of All Laughter: Sarah and the Genesis of Comedy, and The Girl Who Couldn’t Laugh (with his daughter Caroline). John Lawing is Regent University Professor of Journalism emeritus and a national cartoonist and journalist who worked at Christianity Today for twenty years. Mr. Lawing has published in the New York Times, the Virginian-Pilot, and many other publications. (Terry Lindvall)

John Lawing is Regent University Professor of Journalism emeritus and a national cartoonist and journalist who worked at Christianity Today for twenty years. Mr. Lawing has published in the New York Times, the Virginian-Pilot, and many other publications. (John Lawing)