The performative ground of religion and theatre /
Religious practitioners and theatergoers have much in common. So much, in fact, that we could say that religion is often a theatrical phenomenon, while theater can be religious experience. By examining the phenomenology of religion, we can in turn develop a better understanding of the phenomenology...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Religious practitioners and theatergoers have much in common. So much, in fact, that we could say that religion is often a theatrical phenomenon, while theater can be religious experience. By examining the phenomenology of religion, we can in turn develop a better understanding of the phenomenology of theater. That is to say, religion can show us the ways in which theater is not fake. This study explores the overlap of religion and theater, especially in the crucial area of experience and personal identity. Reconsidering ideas from ancient Greece, pre-modern India, modern Europe and the recent century, it argues that religious adherents and theater audiences are largely, themselves, the mechanisms of their experiences. By examining the development of the philosophy of theater alongside theories of religious action, this book shows how we need to adjust our views on both types of experience. Featuring discussion of influential notions from Plato and Aristotle, the Natyashastra, through to Schleiermacher, Sartre and contemporary performance and ritual, this is vital reading for any scholar in religious studies, theater and performance studies, theology, and philosophy. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 183 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781138704411 1138704415 |