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The Performance of Religion
Seeing the sacred in the theatre
Author: Sautter Cia
Language: EnglishSubjects for The Performance of Religion:
Keywords
Young Men; Doctor Faustus; Performance Studies; Marlowe’s Audience; Theatre Studies; Closing Dance; Religious Studies; Shakespeare’s Time; The Globe; Violate; performing arts; Country Music; Western theatre; Shakespeare and the Bible; Held; Paul Tillisch; Theatrical Performance; Martin Buber; Fi Nal; Much Ado About Nothing; Weird Sisters; Dr; Faustus; Kinesthetic Identifi Cation; Macbeth; GTU; Theatrical Religion; Shakespeare’s Audience; All’s Well That Ends Well; Helena’s Actions; Richard Schechner; Barefoot Pilgrimage; David Wiles; Invisible Bullets; Catherine Bell; Main Character; Lance Gharavi; Smart Girls; Bad Angel; ethnographic; Hamartia; Christianity; Morris Dance; Judaism; Ludus Coventriae; Shakespeare; Emile Durkheim
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Add to cart the book of Sautter CiaPublication date: 09-2018
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The performing arts are uniquely capable of translating a vision of an ideal or sacred reality into lived practice, allowing an audience to confront deeply held values and beliefs as they observe a performance. However, there is often a reluctance to approach distinctly religious topics from a performance studies perspective. This book addresses this issue by exploring how religious values are acted out and reflected on in classic Western theatre, with a particular emphasis on the plays put on during the Globe Theatre?s yearlong season of 'Shakespeare and the Bible'.
Looking at plays such as Much Ado AboutNothing, Dr. Faustus and Macbeth, each chapter includes ethnographic overviews of the performance of these plays as well as historical and theological perspectives on the issues they address. The author also utilizes scholarship from other academics, such as Paul Tillich and Martin Buber, in examining the relationship between art and culture. This helps readers of this book to look at religion in culture, and raise questions and explore ideas about how people appraise their religious values through an encounter with a performance.
The Performance of Religion: Seeing the sacred in the theatre treads new ground in bringing performance and religious studies scholarship into direct conversation with one another. As such, it is essential reading for any academic with an interest in theology, religion and ethics and their expression in culture through the performing arts.
1 Prologue: Performing Religion
2 Performing Religion
3 Faustus and Being Good: Ethical Choices
4 All’s Well: Choice, Responsibility, and Dialogue
5 Ending in Dance: Ethics, Religion, and Staged Movement
6 Epilogue
Cia Sautter obtained her PhD at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. She is a professional performer and has taught religious and performance studies at the several US institutions and seminaries. She is also the author of The Miriam Tradition (2010) and numerous other chapters and articles.