for "God". Literature and publications Al-Fuṣūl wa Al-Ghāyāt ("Paragraphs and Periods"), a parody of the Quran by Al-Maʿarri (10th–11th century) Collection of stories The Canterbury Tales (14th century) by Geoffrey Chaucer Essay The Praise of Folly (1509) by Desiderius Erasmus Novel A Tale of a Tub (1704) by Jonathan Swift Brian Merriman's Cúirt An Mheán Óiche (The Midnight Court) (c.1780), an Irish language comic poem which satirizes, among other things, the hypocrisy inherent in an 18th-century rural Ireland where Christian morality has collapsed Robert Burns' poem Holy Willie's Prayer (1785), which is an attack on self-righteousness and hypocrisy within the Calvinist Church of Scotland Chronicles of Barsetshire by Anthony Trollope (1855–67) Letters from the Earth, book of essays by Mark Twain Alexander the Oracle Monger, a parody and exposé of a false prophet by Lucian of Samosata The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis, 1943 Christian satire and humor magazine The Wittenburg Door (1971–2008) Robert A. Heinlein's novel Job: A Comedy of Justice (1984) Christopher Moore's absurdist novel Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (2002) The controversial "Islamophobic" Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons (2005) Plays and musicals Tartuffe (1664) by Molière Le fanatisme, ou Mahomet le prophète (1736) by Voltaire, notable for its critical depiction of Muhammad, described as a self-deceived, perverted religious fanatic and manipulator, and his hunger for political power behind the foundation of Islam. Inherit the Wind (1955), which fictionalizes the Scopes Monkey Trial of the 1920s Mistero Buffo (1969) by Dario Fo. Jerry Springer: The Opera, notable for its irreverent treatment of Judeo-Christian themes A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant (2003), which makes fun of L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology Altar Boyz (2005) Off-Broadway musical about Christian Boysband Saturday's Voyeur is a parody of life in Utah and Mormon culture The Book of Mormon (2011) A broadway production about two young Mormon Missionaries sent to Uganda, written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone Letting Go of God (2004), Julia Sweeney, an autobiographical monologue taking aim at Catholicism and Mormonism Television The Barchester Chronicles, 1982 television serial produced by the BBC, from the Anthony Trollope novels satirizing Victorian clergy Futurama episode "A Pharaoh to Remember" features a religious ceremony in which a priest chants, "Great Wall of Prophecy, reveal to us God's Will, that we might blindly obey!" and celebrants answer, "Free us from thought and responsibility." Curb Your Enthusiasm has episodes