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Vol. 5, No. 1, Summer 2006
Published by the Religion and Theatre
Focus Group of the
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
This issue is a reprint of
Theatre and Religion 2
Published by the
Religion and Theatre Focus Group of the
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
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Editor: |
Lauren Friesen, Goshen College
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Editorial Board: |
The Executive Committee of the Religion and Theatre Focus Group
Robert F. Gross, Hobart and Williams Colleges
Harlene Marley, Kenyon College
Robert Hostetler, North Park College
Judith Royer, Loyola-Marymount/ Los Angeles
Cheryl Nafziger-Leis, student member
Wayne Rood, Pacific School of Religion
Warren Kliewer, East Lynn Company
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Ritual, language, and culture are useful, then, not merely to store and repeat the known but also to extend the frontier.
–Tom Driver, The Magic of Ritual
This is the second publication in this series on Theatre and Religion. All of the essays were initially presented in Religion and Theatre panels at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conventions. The editor and editorial board have collected and edited the essays in this volume.
The publication of these essays will, hopefully, inspire dialogue, research and further exploration into the persistent issues that emerge when attention is given to those dimensions of theatre that link with religion. The following essays explore patterns of ritual, religious expression, reflection on the human condition, and, themes vital to religious and theatrical investigation. Tom Driver’s observation on the role of ritual, language and culture is vital to this process of inquiry, namely, not so much to store and repeat that which is known, but to find new frontiers of human action, feeling and knowledge. Theatre is a primary locus for cultural memory and expression and, as such, expands the frontier where the human story continues to find authenticity. This volume is a contribution toward the journey into memory and the necessity to explore the frontiers of knowing.
--Lauren Friesen
Theatre and Religion is an occasional publication. Papers sponsored by the Religion and Theatre Forum Group of ATHE are eligible for publication. While there are no subscription sales, persons interested in receiving past, and possible future, issues should notify the editorial office.
Publishing Policy: All of the papers in this journal have been presented at Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) annual conventions. The Religion and Theatre Forum Executive Committee in responsible for planning the panels at the convention. The Editor and Editorial Board serve as a jury in the selection of papers from the ATHE panels sponsored by the Religion and Theatre Group.
Copyright 1996 By the Religion and Theatre Focus Group of The Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Reprinted with Permission
Table of Contents
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Robert F. Gross
Figuring Guilt:
Wolfgang Borchert's Outside the Door and
Carl Zuckmayer's The Song in the Fiery Furnace
[pages 1 - 8]
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Judy Lee Oliva
Religion and Relevancy in David Hare's Racing Demon:
Connecting the Prose with the Passion
[pages 9 - 15]
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Judith Davis
The Miracula Mariae and May Festivals of the Middle Ages
[pages 16 - 24]
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Cheryl Nafziger-Leis
The Influence of Zen on Medieval Noh Drama
[pages 25 - 41]
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Timothy D. Hoare
Pulling the Siamese Dragon:
Performance as a Theological Agenda
for Christian Ritual Praxis
[pages 42 - 50]
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Debra Bruch
The Australian Aborigines' Struggle Against Authority:
An Historical Perspective on Government, Military, and
a Corrupted Christianity in Jack Davis' No Sugar
[pages 51 - 60]
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Lee Krähenbühl
A Theatre Before the World:
Performance History at the Intersection of
Hebrew, Greek, and Roman Religious Processional
[pages 61 - 72]
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ISSN 1544-8762
The Journal of Religion and Theatre is a peer-reviewed
journal. The journal aims to provide descriptive and analytical
articles examining the spirituality of world cultures in all disciplines
of the theatre, performance studies in sacred rituals of all cultures,
themes of transcendence in text, on stage, in theatre history,
the analysis of dramatic literature, and other topics relating
to the relationship between religion and theatre. The journal
also aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge throughout the
theatrical community concerning the relationship between theatre
and religion and as an academic research resource for the benefit
of all interested scholars and artists.
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Focus Group of The Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Debra
Bruch, General Editor;
Heather A. Beasley, Publishing Editor |