Performing Religion in Public [electronic resource] /
Chambers, Claire Maria.editor.
Toit, Simon W. du.editor.
Edelman, Joshua.editor.
Religious life and public life are both passionately performed, but often understood to exclude one another. This book's array of voices investigates the publics hailed by religious performances and the challenges they offer to theories of the democratic public sphere.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
part I. Publics and the non-democratic state -- part II. Visceral publics -- part III. Publics and commodification -- part IV. Ephemeral publics.
Religious life and public life are both passionately performed, but often understood to exclude one another. This book's array of voices investigates the publics hailed by religious performances and the challenges they offer to theories of the democratic public sphere.
Civilization-History.
Performing arts.
Dance.
Religion and sociology.
Theater.
Cultural History.
Performing Arts.
Dance.
Sociology of Religion.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Social Aspects of Religion.