Theatrical Theology
Explorations in Performing the Faith
edited by Wesley Vander Lugt and Trevor Hart
Paperback (No longer our product)
(March 2015)
ISBN: 9780718893842
5.98 x 9.02 inches
Price: $38.00
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A collection of essays exploring the ways in which theatre and drama are providing conceptual models of use to a growing number of theologians.
Theology is inherently theatrical, rooted in God’s performance on the world stage and oriented toward faith seeking performative understanding in the theatre of everyday life. Following Hans Urs von Balthasar’s magisterial, five-volume Theo-Drama, a growing number of theologians and pastors have been engaging more widely with theatre and drama, producing what has been recognised as a “theatrical turn” in theology. Theatrical Theology includes essays from thirteen theologians and pastors who have contributed in distinct ways to this theatrical turn and who desire to deepen interdisciplinary dialogue between theology and theatre. The result is an unprecedented collection of essays that embodies and advances theatrical theology for the purpose of enriching theological reflection and edifying the church.
Wesley Vander Lugt is Lead Pastor of Warehouse 242 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the author of Living Theodrama: Reimagining Theological Ethics (2014) and the co-author of Pocket Dictionary of the Reformed Tradition (2013). Trevor Hart is Rector of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Honorary Professor at the University of St Andrews. His recent publications include Between the Image and the Word: Theological Engagements with Imagination, Literature, and Language (2013) and Making Good: Creation, Creativity, and Artistry (2014).
- Edited by Trevor Hart
- Edited by Wesley Vander Lugt
'her vigour in arguing for protectio of animals has left an impression on me (a biomedical scientist), and serves as an important contribution to Christian thinking, one that is sadly lacking.'D Gareth Jones, Dept of Anatomy, University of Otago, Theological Book Review vol.28 no.1, pp.64-5
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