{"product_id":"do-this-liturgy-as-performance-9780268034993","title":"Do This: Liturgy as Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003eDramatic elements have always been apparent in the historic Christian liturgy. Because the liturgy is a structured action and not merely a verbal narrative, it has historically been both illuminated by and confused with other types of performance, such as theatre and drama. This confusion has been compounded by the fact that much analysis of liturgy has focused on the linguistic and theological aspects of the event and not on its elements of performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDo This: Liturgy as Performance\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard D. McCall presents a systematic approach to the liturgy as event rather than text, using tools made available by contemporary performance theory. McCall follows the rise of dramatic interpretation of the early Christian liturgy from its beginnings through such elements as costumes, interpretative text, and gesture. He then examines the development of performance theory, focusing on the work of Victor Turner and Richard Schechner, and asks if it can be applied to the liturgy. Three views of liturgical theology, especially that of Aiden Kavanagh's, which holds that the liturgy as enacted is liturgy properly presented, set the stage for McCall to construct a definition of liturgy as a mode of performance. In chapter 4, McCall brings Aristotle's categories in the \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e to bear on liturgical action. In the final chapter he analyzes an actual liturgical enactment: the celebration of the Mass at Rome in the early eighth century according to the Gregorian Sacramentary and the actions described in \u003ci\u003eOrdo Romanus I\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo This: Liturgy as Performance\u003c\/i\u003e bridges the work of performance scholarship and liturgical studies in a groundbreaking, interdisciplinary way. The book will interest seminarians and liturgical scholars in a variety of fields, including theology and the arts, early Christian liturgy, Church history, and liturgical theology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard D. McCall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.35w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268034993\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard D. McCall \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of liturgy and church music at the Episcopal Divinity School\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40008398831731,"sku":"9.78027E+12","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_757291c3-ea4c-4f79-99ff-1553fafeb6ec.jpg?v=1650385384","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/do-this-liturgy-as-performance-9780268034993","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}