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The Empty Church - Theater, Theology, and Bodily Hope (Paperback)
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The Empty Church - Theater, Theology, and Bodily Hope (Paperback)
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Why go to church? What happens in church and why does it matter?
The Empty Church presents fresh answers to these questions by
creating an interdisciplinary conversation between theater
directors and Christian theologians. This original study expands
church beyond the sanctuary and into life. Shannon Craigo-Snell
emphasizes the importance of liturgical worship in forming
Christians as characters crafted by the texts of the Bible. This
formation includes shaping how Christians know, in ways that
involve the intellect, emotions, body, and will. Each chapter
brings a theater director into dialogue with a theologian, teasing
out the ways performance enriches hermeneutics, anthropology, and
epistemology. Thinkers like Karl Barth, Peter Brook, Delores
Williams, and Bertolt Brecht are examined for their insights into
theology, worship, and theater. The result is a compelling
depiction of church as performance of relationship with Jesus
Christ, mediated by Scripture, in hope of the Holy Spirit.
Liturgical worship, at its best, forms Christians in patterns of
affections. This includes the cultivation of emotion memories
influenced by biblical narratives, as well as a repertoire of
physical actions that evoke particular affections. Liturgy also
encourages Christians to step into various roles, enabling them to
make intellectual and volitional choices about what roles to take
up in society. Through liturgical worship, the author argues,
Christians can be formed as people who hope, and therefore as
people who live in expectation of the presence and grace of God.
This entails a discipline of emptiness that awaits and appreciates
the Holy Spirit. Church performance must therefore be provisional,
ongoing, and open to further inspiration.
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