Theater and Incarnation - Softcover

Harris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080282837X ISBN 13: 9780802828378

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2005

Synopsis

In this lucid and entertaining book Max Harris offers both a lively Christian engagement with theater and a fresh theatrical approach to reading the Bible. Arguing that both biblical and dramatic texts should be approached with a theatrical rather than a literary imagination, he offers fresh scholarly insights into plays and theatrical theory across the centuries; at the same time, he vividly renders the comic potential of the Gospel narratives and the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation.

"Theater and Incarnation" moves provocatively and mischievously between the flesh-and-blood world of the theater and the Word become flesh in Jesus of Nazareth. Comprising both a fresh theatrical approach to reading the Bible and a rare Christian engagement with theater, it is as suited for pastors' studies as for courses in theater and literature.

About this title

About the Author:

Max Harris retired as executive director of the Wisconsin Humanities Council in 2004 and previously taught at the University of Virginia. The author of three other books on theater and festival, he is also an ordained Presbyterian minister.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 080282837X
• ISBN 13: 9780802828378
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 165