Research Guides: Subject Guide: Theatre: A Christian Perspective on Theatre

Christian Perspective

Chapters in books below discuss the Christian perspective of theatre

The Empty Church: Theater, Theology, and Bodily Hope by Shannon Craigo-Snell
Call #: ebook

Publication Date: 2014

Brings together performance theory, theater studies, and theology
Faithful Performances: Enacting Christian Tradition by Trevor A. Hart and Steven R. Guthrie
Call #: UPPER LEVEL 246.72 F174

Publication Date: 2007

Deals with various aspects of theatre from a Christian view.
Living Theodrama: Reimagining Theological Ethics by Wesley Vander Lugt
Call #: UPPER LEVEL 241 V235L (also ebook)

Publication Date: 2014

Introduction to theological ethics that offers an imaginative approach through dialogue with theatrical theory and practice.
Performing the Sacred: Theology and Theatre in Dialogue by Todd E. Johnson, et al.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL 246.72 J69P

Publication Date: 2009

Explores the relationship between theatre and theology.
Theater and Film: A Christian Perspective by Paul Kuritz
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 791.436 K96T

Publication Date: 2014

Shows how a Christian artist can make theater and film in union with Christ, so that the work is not merely that of an individual, but of his common life with and in Christ.
Theater and Incarnation by Max Harris
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 809.2 H315T

Publication Date: 2005

Offers an introduction to the theater and a meditation on the theatricality of the Incarnation of Christ.
Theater and Integrity: Emptying Selves in Drama, Ethics, and Religion by Larry D. Bouchard
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 809.29384 B752T

Publication Date: 2011

Deals with philosophical and theological studies of integrity in the theatre.
Theatrical Theology: Explorations in Performing the Faith. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, by Wesley Vander Lugt and Trevor Hart, eds.
Call #: OhioLINK

Publication Date: 2014

Interdisciplinary dialogue between theology and theatre.
Scriptwriting: Building a Writing Ministry for the Church & Beyond by Martha Bolton; Kimberly Messer
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 808.23 B694S

ISBN: 9780834174047

Publication Date: 2005
Drama Ministry: Practical Help for Making Drama a Vital Part of Your Church by Steve Pederson
Call #: LOWER LEVEL 264 P371D

ISBN: 0310219450

Publication Date: 1999