Table of Contents
Contributors ix
Introduction-Wesley Vander Lugt and Trevor Hart xiii
1 At Play in the Theodrama of the Lord: The Triune God of the Gospel Kevin J. Vanhoozer 1
2 Beyond Theatre and Incarnation Trevor Hart 30
3 The Intractable Sense of an Ending: Gethseniane's Prayer on the Tragic Stage Ivan Patricio Khovacs 44
4 Raising a Tempest: Brookian Theatre as an Analogy for Providence Timothy Gorringe 73
5 In Praise of Empty Churches Shannon Craigo-Snell 88
6 Play It Again: Kierkegaard's Repetition as Philosophy and Drama George Pattison 113
7 The Play of Christian Life: When Wisdom Calls to Wisdom Jim Fodor 126
8 Doing God's Story: Theatre, Christian Initiation, and Being Human Together Todd E. Johnson 153
9 And That's True Too: Revelation, Drama, and the Shape of Christian Ethics David Cunningham 178
10 Eucharistic Drama: Rehearsal for a Revolution Marilyn McCord Adams 203
11 Holy Theatre: Enfleshing the Word Richard Carter Samuel Wells 224
12 The Church as a Theatre of the Oppressed: The Promise of Transformational Theatre for a Youth-Led Urban Revolution Peter Goodwin Heltzel 241
13 Theatre as a Source of Religious Insight and Revelation David Brown 263