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10. 1 Dionysus and Oedipus 10. 1 Dionysus and Oedipus
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10. 2 Drama, Theater, Metatheater, and Religion 10. 2 Drama, Theater, Metatheater, and Religion
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10. 3 Origins and Interactions 10. 3 Origins and Interactions
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10.4 Secularity and the Limits of Naturalism 10.4 Secularity and the Limits of Naturalism
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10. 5 Avant-Garde Theater and the Renewal of Ritual 10. 5 Avant-Garde Theater and the Renewal of Ritual
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10. 6 Drama, Kenosis, and “The Other” 10. 6 Drama, Kenosis, and “The Other”
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Notes Notes
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Bibliography Bibliography
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10 Dramatic Ways of Being Religious
Get accessLarry D. Bouchard is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where he teaches in the area of Theology, Ethics, and Culture. He is author of Tragic Method and Tragic Theology: Evil in Contemporary Drama and Religious Thought (1989) and Theater and Integrity: Emptying Selves in Drama, Ethics, and Religion (2011). He has also published articles and chapters concerning literature and religion, tragedy and theodicy, and theology and culture.
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Published:03 February 2014
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Abstract
The history of drama and performance often overlaps with histories of religious practice, belief, experience, and thought. This chapter surveys such histories and gives consideration to religious stories and themes, ritual structures, dramatic forms (including “metatheater,” “epic theatre,” verse drama, naturalism, and avant-garde theater), and to theories of religion and performance. The discussion is framed by the question, “Is drama inherently a way of being religious?” That is, does theatrical drama—by virtue of being a hybrid of narrative, dialogue, and embodied performance before live audiences—inherently create possibilities for religious, social, and ethical meanings and relations? The question’s value lies in its power to catalyze discoveries, not in any definitive answer. The chapter concludes with recent theological and ethical views of how drama can open questions of self-transcendence and otherness.
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