Ritual, religion, and theatre / [edited by E. Bert Wallace].

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Introduction; Keynote Address: "The Blessed Assurance of Perhaps" -- Tom F. Driver; Transferring Belief: The Stage Presence of the Spiritual Meme -- Cohen Ambrose; Ritual Performance and Spirituality in the Work of The Living Theatre, Past and Present -- David Callaghan; Top Brass: Theatricality, Themes, and Theology in James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones -- Gregory S. Carr; Pretty's Got Me All Bent Out of Shape: Jordan Harrison's Act a Lady and the Ritual of Queerness -- Matt DiCintio; Clash with the Vikings: Gerpla and the Struggle for National Identity in Iceland -- Steve Earne.

Heaven and Earth: Confession as Performance in Hamlet and Measure for Measure -- Jennifer FlahertyTreasure in Clay Jars: Christian Liturgical Dramain Theory and Praxis -- Charles A. Gillespie, Justin Kosec, and Kate Stratton; Between Piety and Sacrilege: Muslim Theatre and Performance -- Thomas King; Cave Rituals and the Brain's Theatre -- Mark Pizzato; Excerpts from "The Book of My Awkward Perspective" -- William Doan; Contributors.

Volume 21 of Theatre Symposium presents essays that explore the intricate and vital relationships between theatre, religion, and ritual. Whether or not theatre arose from ritual and/or religion, from prehistory to the present there have been clear and vital connections among the three. Ritual, Religion, and Theatre, volume 21 of the annual journal Theatre Symposium, presents a series of essays that explore the intricate and vital relationships that exist, historically and today, between these various modes of expression and performance. The essays in this volu.

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