Phenomenology and acting

A revolution has occurred in the world of acting theory. Over the past twenty years numerous scholarly studies emerged to make use of a wide variety of critical methodologies including Phenomenology, Derridean deconstruction, cultural, contextual, intellectual and psychological acting theories in order to train and describe the process of acting to burgeoning students. Within the above-mentioned ideologies of acting theory, there seems a consensus on how these “new” theories approach the actor’s cultural context, body-mind connection, and the idea of the actor’s connection with the character. Despite the seemingly novel elements that each theory claims to treat each of these areas, there is a richness and apparent grounding in biblical thought and approach to each of these new acting theories.

This paper will examine how some of these new acting theories reflect sound Christian theology.

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