TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hammer,Anita
TI  - Between play and prayer: the variety of theatricals in spiritual performance 
T2  - Consciousness, literature & the arts
SN  - 9789042031715
AV  - BL624 .H36 2010eb
U1  - 299.93 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Editions Rodopi
KW  - Spiritual life
KW  - Religious life
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-423) and index; Preliminary Material -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Varieties of Spiritual performance and notions of truth -- Local spiritual performance on North Atlantic and South Pacific shores -- Dead man performing? Interactive, transpersonal and group dynamics in spiritualist performance -- Theatrical reflections on spiritual performance -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - Between Play and Prayer launches Spiritual Performance as a term to cover all human performance which in some way refers to creating the presence of beings or entities from a realm that transgresses the sensorial. This notion covers a great variety of performative genres, ranging from funerary services, spiritualist performances of deceased souls, to spiritual readings. This broad and deep approach to a range of performances is answering a renewed craving for spirituality in contemporary culture. By way of performance theory and aesthetic theory, concepts of faith , belief , experience , play , prayer and theatricality , are set in motion when proposing the necessity of experiencing such performances on their own terms. In depth descriptions of a variety of performances in Norwegian and New Zealand local contexts show the necessity of experiencing and understanding an existential quality in Spiritual Performance . Faith , not credo , is at the heart of spiritual practice. The book represents a new, innovative and trans-disciplinary approach to spirituality in performance. The reading of this book is a must for scholars in the field of theatre- and performance studies, ritual and festival studies, for scholars of religion, and anyone interested in the understanding of spiritual practices
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789042031715
ER  -