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Faithful Performances: Enacting Christian Tradition

by Steven R. Guthrie

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.6 cm

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The metaphor of performance has been applied fruitfully by anthropologists and other social theorists to different aspects of human social existence, and furnishes a potentially helpful model in terms of which to think theologically about Christian life. After an introductory editorial chapter reflecting on the nature of artistic performance and its relationship to the notions of tradition and identity, Part One of this book attends specifically to the phenomenon of dramatic performance and possible theological applications of it. Part Two considers various aspects of the performance of Christian identity, looking at worship, the interpretation of the Bible, Christian response to elements in the contemporary media, the shape of Christian moral life, and ending with a theological reflection on the shape of personal identity, correlating it with the theatrical metaphors of 'character' and 'performing a part' in a scripted drama. Part Three demonstrates how art forms (including some technically non-performative ones - literature, poetry, painting) may constitute faithful Christian practices in which the tradition is authentically 'performed', producing works which break open its meaning in profound new ways for a constantly shifting context.
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  • Author

    Steven R. Guthrie

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Routledge

  • Published

    June 2021

  • Weight

    544g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781032099750

  • ISBN-10

    1032099755

  • Eden Code

    5570312

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