Dance As Religious Studies

Download or read book Dance As Religious Studies written by Douglas G. Adams and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2001-04-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dance as religious studies" reveals resources for the "art of liturgical dance" in terms of both performance and scholarly interpretation. This collection of methodological essays has been arranged to suggest the wide spectrum and the underlying unity of these diverse and varied approaches to understanding dance as religious studies. Part I concentrates on the relationship between liturgical dance and the scriptural traditions of Judaism and Christianity. Part II indicates the feminist possibilities for liturgical and modern dance. Part III presents a spectrum of the contemporary theory and practice of liturgical dance. The book concludes with a bibliographic survey of sources and resources available to both liturgical dancers and students of dance as religious studies.