The empty church : theater, theology, and bodily hope /
Shannon Craigo-Snell.
- xii, 208 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Setting the Stage -- Chapter 2: Training the Actors -- Chapter 3: Changing Roles -- Chapter 4: Changing Scenes -- Chapter 5: Striking the Set -- Conclusion.
This title offers a novel vision of church through interdisciplinary conversation between performance studies, theatre directors, and Christian theologians. Each chapter brings a theatre director into dialogue with a theologian, teasing out how the concept of performance enriches hermeneutics, anthropology, and epistemology. The result is a compelling depiction of church as performance of relationship with Jesus Christ, mediated by Scripture, in hope of the Holy Spirit.
9780199827923 (hardback)
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Liturgics. Public worship. Theater--Religious aspects--Christianity Performing arts--Religious aspects--Christianity DRAMA / General.