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"Sacred Spaces Of The Stage": Proclaiming Mennonite Identity Through Theatre, Benjamin J. Stoll
"Sacred Spaces Of The Stage": Proclaiming Mennonite Identity Through Theatre, Benjamin J. Stoll
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
The focus of this contextual and reflective essay is to explore the relationship between the medium of theatre and the conveyance of religious tenets, as well as the methods by which to do so in a manner beyond the rhetorical or didactic. By tracing specifically the historical interplay between theatre and the Mennonite denomination of Protestant Christianity, this essay argues for an effective and relevant correlation between the theatre and the church, for the purposes of understanding human nature, giving voice to universal issues of heart and spirit, and demonstrating implicit examples of creed—in this case, the question of peace. …