As a minority in the USA and globally, Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is also known as the ‘Mormon Church’, and its members are typically called ‘Mormons’, ‘Latter Day Saints’ or ‘LDS’. This paper uses its preferred abbreviations – ‘the Church’ and ‘Latter-day Saints’) and their distinctive religious doctrines/practices have for 190+ years been publicly ridiculed. Typically, they have responded to mockery with tolerance and, occasionally, good-natured humor of their own (Hale, Adrian. 2021a. Do Mormons think The Book of Mormon is funny? HUMOR 34. 659–677, Hale, Adrian. 2021b. Mormon reactions to The Book of Mormon. Comedy Studies 12(2). 186–202). However, little is known about Latter-day Saints’ humor, and they have a reputation for being conservative, dour, and pious (Wilson, William A. 1985. The seriousness of Mormon humor. Sunstone 10. 6–13). This paper views this situation as regrettable, since humor can function as a great social leveler, and knowing more about minorities’ humor practices can generate social bridges. This paper therefore seeks to overturn some preconceptions by reporting on an exploratory survey (The survey received Institutional and National ethics approval: HREC Approval Number: H14364) of 131 Latter-day Saints across various nations, to find out what makes them laugh. Results indicate that the Latter-day Saints’ sense of humor seems to be, like the membership itself, livelier and more diverse than their reputation might suggest.

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是什么让摩门教徒发笑

作为美国和全球的少数群体，摩门教徒 (耶稣基督后期圣徒教会也被称为“摩门教”，其成员通常被称为“摩门教”、“后期圣徒”或“LDS”。本文使用其首选缩写——“教会”和“后期圣徒”），他们独特的宗教教义/实践在 190 多年里一直被公开嘲笑。通常，他们以宽容和偶尔的善意幽默来回应嘲弄（Hale，Adrian。2021a。摩门教徒认为摩门教之书很有趣吗？幽默34. 659–677，阿德里安·黑尔。2021b。摩门教对摩门经的反应。喜剧研究12（2）。186–202）。然而，人们对后期圣徒的幽默知之甚少，他们以保守、阴沉和虔诚着称（Wilson, William A. 1985。摩门教幽默的严肃性。太阳石10. 6-13）。本文认为这种情况令人遗憾，因为幽默可以作为一种很好的社会平衡器，更多地了解少数群体的幽默实践可以建立社会桥梁。因此，本文试图通过报告一项针对不同国家的 131 名后期圣徒的探索性调查（该调查获得机构和国家伦理批准：HREC 批准号：H14364）来推翻一些先入之见，以找出是什么让他们发笑。结果表明，后期圣徒的幽默感似乎比他们的名声所暗示的更生动、更多样化，就像其成员本身一样。