Inter-Actions
Relationships of Religion and Drama
Published on 16. May 2009
204 pages
978-0-7618-8895-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an exploration of the linguistic, structural, historical, and thematic relationships of religion and drama. It is not an attempt to sacralize drama so that it becomes a substitute for religion, nor will it reduce religion to its aesthetic dimension. What does religion tell us about drama, and what does drama tell us about religion? What have been their inter-actions in our tradition?
The conversation between religion and culture, drama and Christianity, needs to be ongoing. This book is a contribution to the dialogue, asking questions, pointing towards possible answers, and encouraging others to join in the conversation.
The conversation between religion and culture, drama and Christianity, needs to be ongoing. This book is a contribution to the dialogue, asking questions, pointing towards possible answers, and encouraging others to join in the conversation.
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Nelvin Vos, emeritus professor of English at Muhlenberg College, is the author of of the Drama of Comedy and The Great Pendulum of Becoming: Images in Modern Drama. He has served as executive director of the Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture since 1999.
Content
Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Acknowledgments
Part 3 Introduction-Places of Seeing: Religion and Theater
Part 4 Part One: Drama and Religion: Their Languages
Part 5 Chapter 1-Drama: Where the Action Is
Part 6 Chapter 2-Biblical Revelation: The Mighty Acts of God
Part 7 Part Two: Drama and Religion: Their Structures
Part 8 Chapter 3- Ritual: The Act Re-Done
Part 9 Chapter 4-The Play's the Thing in Drama and Religion
Part 10 Chapter 5-Worship: The Drama Re-Enacted
Part 11 Part Three: Drama and Religion: Their History
Part 12 Chapter 6-Dionysus: Lord of the Greek Theater
Part 13 Chapter 7-Religion and Drama in Opposition: Two Instances
Part 14 Chapter 8-The Medieval Stage: The Inherent Drama in the Mass
Part 15 Chapter 9-From Liturgy to the Plays of Mystery, Miracle and Morality
Part 16 Chapter 10-Shakespeare: All the World's a Stage
Part 17 Chapter 11- Modern Drama: If the Stage is All the World There Is
Part 18 Chapter 12-Contemporary Drama: Glimpses of the Transcendent
Part 19 Chapter 13-Contemporary Theater: T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party
Part 20 Chapter 14-Contemporary Theater: Samuel Beckett, Endgame
Part 21 Chapter 15-Contemporary Theater: Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Part 22 Chapter 16-Contemporary Theater: Peter Shaffer, Equus
Part 23 Chapter 17-Contemporary Theater: David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross
Part 24 Chapter 18-Contemporary Theater: Tony Kushner Angels in America
Part 25 Chapter 19-Contemporary Theater: Mary Zimmerman, Metamorphoses
Part 26 Coda-Life is a Drama!
Part 2 Acknowledgments
Part 3 Introduction-Places of Seeing: Religion and Theater
Part 4 Part One: Drama and Religion: Their Languages
Part 5 Chapter 1-Drama: Where the Action Is
Part 6 Chapter 2-Biblical Revelation: The Mighty Acts of God
Part 7 Part Two: Drama and Religion: Their Structures
Part 8 Chapter 3- Ritual: The Act Re-Done
Part 9 Chapter 4-The Play's the Thing in Drama and Religion
Part 10 Chapter 5-Worship: The Drama Re-Enacted
Part 11 Part Three: Drama and Religion: Their History
Part 12 Chapter 6-Dionysus: Lord of the Greek Theater
Part 13 Chapter 7-Religion and Drama in Opposition: Two Instances
Part 14 Chapter 8-The Medieval Stage: The Inherent Drama in the Mass
Part 15 Chapter 9-From Liturgy to the Plays of Mystery, Miracle and Morality
Part 16 Chapter 10-Shakespeare: All the World's a Stage
Part 17 Chapter 11- Modern Drama: If the Stage is All the World There Is
Part 18 Chapter 12-Contemporary Drama: Glimpses of the Transcendent
Part 19 Chapter 13-Contemporary Theater: T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party
Part 20 Chapter 14-Contemporary Theater: Samuel Beckett, Endgame
Part 21 Chapter 15-Contemporary Theater: Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Part 22 Chapter 16-Contemporary Theater: Peter Shaffer, Equus
Part 23 Chapter 17-Contemporary Theater: David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross
Part 24 Chapter 18-Contemporary Theater: Tony Kushner Angels in America
Part 25 Chapter 19-Contemporary Theater: Mary Zimmerman, Metamorphoses
Part 26 Coda-Life is a Drama!
