Sensational devotion : evangelical performance in twenty-first century America /
Stevenson, Jill.
Sensational devotion : evangelical performance in twenty-first century America / Jill Stevenson. - 1 online resource (viii, 317 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: evangelical performative culture -- Embodied belief, affective piety, and evangelical dramaturgy -- Energetic enactments of Jesus -- "Behold the lamb": passion playing, intermediality, and the Gibson affect -- The "great passion play" and evangelical blends -- The creation museum as engaged orthodoxy -- Megachurches: cultivating affective atmosphere.
Sensational Devotion examines contemporary Passion plays, biblical theme parks, Holy Land recreations, creationist museums, and megachurches in order to understand how they serve their evangelical believer-users while also shaping larger cultural and national dialogues. --
English.
9780472029099 (ebook) 0472029096 (cloth ; alk. paper)
10.3998/mpub.5159114
22573/ctt1d61d6n JSTOR
2020749668
2000-2099
Theater--Religious aspects.
Theater--History--United States--21st century.
Performance art.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Evangelicalism--History--United States--21st century.
Théâtre--Aspect religieux.
Théâtre--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.
Évangélisme dans la littérature.
Évangélisme--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--History & Criticism.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Evangelicalism.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Performance art.
Theater.
Theater--Religious aspects.
United States.
Electronic books.
History
PN2049
792.0973
Sensational devotion : evangelical performance in twenty-first century America / Jill Stevenson. - 1 online resource (viii, 317 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: evangelical performative culture -- Embodied belief, affective piety, and evangelical dramaturgy -- Energetic enactments of Jesus -- "Behold the lamb": passion playing, intermediality, and the Gibson affect -- The "great passion play" and evangelical blends -- The creation museum as engaged orthodoxy -- Megachurches: cultivating affective atmosphere.
Sensational Devotion examines contemporary Passion plays, biblical theme parks, Holy Land recreations, creationist museums, and megachurches in order to understand how they serve their evangelical believer-users while also shaping larger cultural and national dialogues. --
English.
9780472029099 (ebook) 0472029096 (cloth ; alk. paper)
10.3998/mpub.5159114
22573/ctt1d61d6n JSTOR
2020749668
2000-2099
Theater--Religious aspects.
Theater--History--United States--21st century.
Performance art.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Evangelicalism--History--United States--21st century.
Théâtre--Aspect religieux.
Théâtre--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.
Évangélisme dans la littérature.
Évangélisme--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--History & Criticism.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Evangelicalism.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Performance art.
Theater.
Theater--Religious aspects.
United States.
Electronic books.
History
PN2049
792.0973