religious satire
Faith-skewering humor
Religious satire is humor that mocks religious beliefs, practices, institutions, or figures.
It ranges from gentle ribbing of denominational quirks to sharp attacks on hypocrisy, dogma, or clerical authority.
The film was banned in several countries for its religious satire.
The genre has ancient roots and remains controversial—what strikes some as legitimate critique strikes others as blasphemy.
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- parodySatirical imitation
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- social critiqueExamination of societal problems
freedom of speech · sanctimonious · irony · televangelist · prosperity gospel · hyperbole · sarcasm · Voltaire · rituals · Sunday sermon · fire and brimstone · cultural sensitivity · Monty Python · Life of Brian · blasphemy · anticlericalism · iconoclasm · Jonathan Swift
- satirelampoon, parody, parody account, spoof, caricature
- adult humorblue humor, dirty jokes, dirty joke, bawdy humor, bawdy jokes
- Italian sacred literatureDante, Divine Comedy, Inferno, Paradiso, Beatrice
- MoliereTartuffe, Don Juan, Psyche
- Renaissance LiteratureShakespeare, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Prince, Don Quixote
- Victorian SatireGilbert and Sullivan, Charles Dickens, political cartoons, caricature, lampoon
religious satirehymn
Religious song of praise
psalm · sacred music · liturgy · prayer book · canticle