Between play and prayer [[electronic resource] ] : the variety of theatricals in spiritual performance / / Anita Hammer

• Autore: Hammer Anita
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (425 p.)
• Disciplina: 248
• Soggetto topico: Performing arts - Religious aspects; Spirituality; Religion
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Varieties of Spiritual performance and notions of truth -- Local spiritual performance on North Atlantic and South Pacific shores -- Dead man performing? Interactive, transpersonal and group dynamics in spiritualist performance -- Theatrical reflections on spiritual performance -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Between Play and Prayer launches Spiritual Performance as a term to cover all human performance which in some way refers to creating the presence of beings or entities from a realm that transgresses the sensorial. This notion covers a great variety of performative genres, ranging from funerary services, spiritualist performances of deceased souls, to spiritual readings. This broad and deep approach to a range of performances is answering a renewed craving for spirituality in contemporary culture. By way of performance theory and aesthetic theory, concepts of faith , belief , experience , play , prayer and theatricality , are set in motion when proposing the necessity of experiencing such performances on their own terms. In depth descriptions of a variety of performances in Norwegian and New Zealand local contexts show the necessity of experiencing and understanding an existential quality in Spiritual Performance . Faith , not credo , is at the heart of spiritual practice. The book represents a new, innovative and trans-disciplinary approach to spirituality in performance. The reading of this book is a must for scholars in the field of theatre- and performance studies, ritual and festival studies, for scholars of religion, and anyone interested in the understanding of spiritual practices.
• Titolo autorizzato: Between play and prayer
• ISBN: 1-282-91687-4; 9786612916878; 90-420-3171-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822327803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Consciousness, literature & the arts ; ; 27.