WiggStevenson, Natalie

Transgressive Devotion: Theology as Performance Art

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ISBN 13:: 9780334059479
author:: WiggStevenson, Natalie
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: SCM Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2021
Pages:: 224
Dimensions:: 21.6 x 14 x 1.3 centimeters (0.2
Genre:: Religion, Christianity, Christian Theology,
Condition:: New
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Academic theology needs a new genre. Natalie Wigg-Stevenson's "Transgressive Devotion" articulates a vision for this genre as performance art, arguing that theology done as performance art focuses on making God appear rather than describing who God is. By exploring the boundaries between studying theology and practicing ministry, Wigg-Stevenson brings together ethnographic theological fieldwork, historical and contemporary Christian traditions, and performance artworks. This approach blurs the lines between orthodoxy, heterodoxy, and heresy, revealing how the act of doing theology makes both God and humanity vulnerable to each other. In "Transgressive Devotion", Wigg-Stevenson presents a liturgy of Divine incantation - a form of theology that is also prayer.

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