A study of religion through the lens of Peter Shaffer's play Equus.
In Unbridled, William Robert uses Equus, Peter Shaffer's enigmatic
play about a boy passionately devoted to horses, to think
differently about religion. For several years, Robert has used
Equus to introduce students to the study of religion, provoking
them to conceive of religion in unfamiliar, even uncomfortable
ways. In Unbridled, he is inviting readers to do the same. A play
like Equus tangles together text, performance, practice,
embodiment, and reception. Studying a play involves us in playing
different roles, as ourselves and others, and those roles, as well
as the imaginative work they require, are critical to the study of
religion. By approaching Equus with the reader, turning the play
around and upside-down, Unbridled transforms standard approaches to
the study of religion, engaging with themes including ritual,
sacrifice, worship, power, desire, violence, and sexuality, as well
as thinkers including Judith Butler, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx,
Friedrich Nietzsche, and Jonathan Z. Smith. As Unbridled shows, the
way themes and theories play out in Equus challenges us to
reimagine the study of religion through open questions, contrasting
perspectives, and alternative modes of interpretation and
appreciation.
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