--- title: "4 Conrad Hyers Quotes - Famous Christian minister" description: "American theologian (1933-2013)... | Merritt Conrad Hyers was an American historian of religion and ordained Presbyterian minister. He taught for many y..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-conrad-hyers-74222.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Conrad Hyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-conrad-hyers-74222.jpg) # Conrad Hyers (1933–2013) Christian Minister **4** quotes in **47** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Conrad Hyers was a Christian minister. ## Quick Facts About Conrad Hyers Born July 31, 1933 Died March 23, 2013 Profession Christian Minister ## About Conrad Hyers American theologian (1933-2013)... \| Merritt Conrad Hyers was an American historian of religion and ordained Presbyterian minister. He taught for many years at Gustavus Adolphus College, and wrote multiple books on humor in religion and on Zen Buddhism. ## Quotes by Conrad Hyers > [Humor is not the opposite of seriousness. Humor is the opposite of despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conrad-hyers/humor-is-not-the-opposite-of-seriousness-humor-is-the-opposite-of/) [Conrad Hyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conrad-hyers/) [Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/conrad-hyers-74222_comedy_humor-is-not-the-opposite-of-seriousness_277613.png) > [We live in an ironic society where even play is turned into work. But the highest existence is not work; the highest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conrad-hyers/we-live-in-an-ironic-society-where-even-play-is-turned-into-work-but/) [Conrad Hyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conrad-hyers/) [Existence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f8/conrad-hyers-74222_existence_we-live-in-an-ironic-society-where-even_625221.png) > [Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conrad-hyers/children-have-a-remarkable-talent-for-not-taking-the-adult-world-with/) [Conrad Hyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conrad-hyers/) [Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/conrad-hyers-74222_adults_children-have-a-remarkable-talent-for-no_1932237.png) > [What is particularly intriguing, in fact, is that whereas many peoples tend to locate this experience (of the sacred) in certain unusual,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conrad-hyers/what-is-particularly-intriguing-in-fact-is-that-whereas-many-peoples/) [Conrad Hyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conrad-hyers/) [Certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/conrad-hyers-74222_certain_what-is-particularly-intriguing-in-fact_3224500.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conrad-hyers/#itemlist", "name": "Conrad Hyers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Humor is not the opposite of seriousness. 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