ipl-logo

Religion In Performance Art

1079 Words5 Pages

The field of theater and the arts holistically present audiences with of a dilemma. These works of art and expression often find themselves grounded in the reality we know, the one that exists beyond the stage or screen and yet is not an exact copy. The reality of the film, play, or show takes liberties with reality, asking the viewer to put on hold certain understandings and beliefs in order to allow the events of the work to unfold or to advance the plot. In doing so the creators of these works of art ask audiences to partake in the “suspension of disbelief.” This concept can best be defined as the act of an audience putting preconceived knowledge regarding the fundamentals of reality on hold while consuming some form of performance art, …show more content…

In spite of knowledge possessed in regards to the laws of what is scientifically possible in the boundaries of reality, followers of religions are able to invest belief into abstract concepts in regards to their religion due to the fact that it is an expectation of their religion. One such example of this can be found in The Bible of Christianity, which details the life of Jesus Christ. In one scripture of The Bible, Matthew 14, Jesus defies the laws of physics and is able to walk on water. Despite the fact that this concept of a man being able to walk on water may seem abstract, far-fetched, or even just impossible, it is part of being a faithful Christian to take the world of The Bible and believe in it. In spite of the knowledge one might have regarding the chemical and physical properties of water that make it impossible to walk on, that followers of the Christian religion still believe this to be possible. In doing so, Christians are pushing the boundaries of the suspension of disbelief as a term that is isolated to the confines of performance arts and into the area of religion. This exemplifies the necessity of suspension of disbelief extending beyond the boundaries of performance arts due to the fact that as a religious individual experiences the conflict between their observed knowledge of the real world and what is written in religious scripture as truth, as the two may come in conflict. This conflict between what is real and what is written ultimately leads to followers of religion suspending their knowledge of the real world in order to remain a devout follower and maintain their sense of religious

Show More
Related

  • Symbols In Bless Me Ultima

    687 Words  | 3 Pages

    “I have hoped to see him all summer,” I said breathlessly”” (106). “The quiet waters of the river washed gently southward. “We have never taken a non-believer to see him.” he said solemnly. “But I want to believe,” I looked up and pleaded, “it’s just the

    Read More

  • The Perimeter Of Ignorance By Neil Degrasse Tyson

    743 Words  | 3 Pages

    The issue on whether religion and science can work together has been debatable for centuries. Neil DeGrasse Tyson in his article the Perimeter of Ignorance argues that science and religion cannot coexist. In his article, the author explains that religion is all about the Bible and the Bible primarily focuses on the explanation of the origin of the world. He puts forth the point that this concept is far different from what science is and that they do not complement each other. This essay intends to prove that religion and science can work together with no issues.

    Read More

  • Summary Of Galileo's Letter To Grand-Duchess Christina '

    456 Words  | 2 Pages

    He points out that the Bible cannot be taken literally because sometimes it can be interpreted in different ways. The Bible was written for the common people and illiterate to understand, and to prove his point he mentions that the Bible gives God a body like ours while theologies believe God has no such features. He moves to his main point about who has the authority to determine what is true and untrue. He argues that what is scientifically proven will to understand the Bible true meaning.

    Read More

  • Religion: Fieldwork Analysis

    991 Words  | 4 Pages

    The religion I choose to observe for my fieldwork project is Catholicism. In order to complete the fieldwork assignment required for this paper I attended St. Lawrence Church on 5225 N. Himes Avenue in Tampa, FL. One of the reasons I chose to observe Catholicism for my fieldwork project is because it is a prominent religion throughout the world. In addition to the US, Catholicism is widely supported within Europe and Latin American countries. Another reason I chose Catholicism is because I found it to be relatively different from my own religion, Hinduism.

    Read More

  • Compared To Homer's Why The Bible Is True?

    810 Words  | 4 Pages

    It is said that a Christian can be stumped with three questions. The questioner starts with, “What are your beliefs on *insert topic here*?” The Christian responds with an answer based on Biblical truth. Then they are asked, “Why do you believe this?” and the Christian answers, “That’s what the Bible says.”

    Read More

  • More Than A Carpenter Summary

    894 Words  | 4 Pages

    More Than a Carpenter I. Introduction More Than a Carpenter is a Christian Apologetics and Inspirational book written by Josh McDowell with later contributions by his son, Sean McDowell. First published in 1977 by Tyndale House Publishers, the work has sold more than 27 million copies worldwide, and remains to be one of the bestselling books about Christianity and Evangelism. The author, Joslin “Josh” McDowell, is an American Christian apologist and evangelist born in Union City, Michigan in 1939. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 books about Christian Apologetics since 1960, once of which being his highly influential book, Evidence That Demands a Verdict.

    Read More

  • Collective Hallucination In Christianity

    1758 Words  | 8 Pages

    Introduction ... If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. —1 Corinthians 15:14 (King James Version) Since the crucifixion of Jesus, opponents of Christianity have directly criticized the religion’s foundation, attempting to belie the historicity of Christ’s physical resurrection. Aiming to nullify Christianity and confute the prospect of supernatural intervention or divine involvement, skeptics and opponents of Christianity continually disseminate naturalistic alternatives, or conspiracy theories, to contradict the resurrection account.

    Read More

  • 10 Out Of 12 Analysis

    1602 Words  | 7 Pages

    In online video games, the word meta easily translates to “Most Effective Tactic Available”; in theatre, however, the word metatheatre does not have the same concrete definition. According to The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, metatheatre is defined as a drama that is self-aware of its existence as a play and not reality (Pelligrini). Even so, many scholars like the literary critic Terry Eagleton have been ruminating about what exactly the term means. Anne Washburn’s play-within-a-play, 10 Out of 12, tries to take on the concept of metatheatre by looking at postmodernism in a theatrical light. 10 Out of 12, which the Theatre and Performance Studies (TAPS) presented on March 2018 at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC),

    Read More

  • The Message In The Bottle Analysis

    638 Words  | 3 Pages

    In the essay “The Message in the Bottle”, Walker Percy attempts to separate information into two categories. These two categories are “knowledge” and “news”. Through an extended metaphor featuring a person cast away on an island, the significance of Percy’s distinction does not offer merely definitions, but rather a perspective on the man’s life and deliverance. The castaway in Percy’s story has no memory of his past. He does not know where he came from or who he is.

    Read More

  • Religion In Western Civilization

    543 Words  | 3 Pages

    Religion in Western civilization has undoubtedly played a pivotal role in shaping and developing Western society. Regardless of the form of religion, such as polytheism or monotheism, people in ancient societies believed in a God or Gods. This belief in a higher power was an important part of human progression and expansion. Religion was the backbone of Western civilization and has always been a very important foundation of culture, schooling, philosophy, art, and social interaction. Before Judaism and Christianity, philosophers such as Aristotle ponder the thought of a higher power and in his book Metaphysics wrote about eternal motion was an unmoved mover.

    Read More

  • Wizard Of Oz Genre Analysis

    2800 Words  | 12 Pages

    Over the past century, film has served as a powerful means of communication to a global audience and has become a vital part of the contemporary culture in a world that is increasingly saturated by visual content. Due to the immediacy and the all-encompassing nature of film, the process of watching a film, is widely perceived to be a passive activity by the general masses. However, quoting Smith in his article about the study of film, “nothing could be further from the truth.” The study and understanding of film as an art form enhances the way we watch and appreciate films. It requires the audience's active participation and interaction with the film in order to fully comprehend the directors' intention behind every creative decision.

    Read More

  • Selective Realism In American Theatre

    807 Words  | 4 Pages

    “The theatre, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history, because the medium has a kindred movement to that of real life, though an artificial setting and form.” George Santayana Drama is one of the genres of theatre where comedy, tragedy or actions may be other genres. While drama refers to the written texts, prose or verses composition, which become theatre only when it is performed on the stage with actors performing the role of characters in the text in front of the audience i.e. it is abstract and subjective, theatre is a live performance that meant to be seen, it is physical and concrete. The renaissance period was considered the rebirth of several inspirational

    Read More

  • How Did Christianity Influence The Scientific Revolution

    826 Words  | 4 Pages

    First, the example of Mary giving birth to Jesus as a virgin is an impossible event because there was no such technology back in the day that allowed this. Next, the example of Jesus walking on water is impossible due to the fact that law of gravity still comes into play. Seller states, “The whole Christian worldview entails the subordination of reality, identity, and causality to the whims of an alleged God for whom there is no evidence and who is therefore to be accepted on faith.” From stating this, he means that even though there is no evidence to prove that any of these events actually happened, the fact that these miracles are a part of what connects Christianity to the Scientific Revolution and it just needs to be

    Read More

  • Black Mirror: Critical Analysis

    1743 Words  | 7 Pages

    2015, 129). Each performer acquires roles which contain expected behaviours that are appropriate to the performance of that role (Willmott, 2018). When we perform our roles to other actors and to our audience, we view them as theatrical productions. Our performance displays

    Read More

  • The Aristotelian Elements Of Spectacle In A Doll's House

    1905 Words  | 8 Pages

    The Aristotelian element of drama known as spectacle, or what is seen onstage, is important to the development of any play or musical. Spectacle plays an influential and essential role in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. The specific things and actions the audience sees in this play provides them with necessary information to understand the characters, storyline, and many other aspects of the play. There are numerous examples of specific things Ibsen intended for the patrons to observe throughout the course of this show.

    Read More

More about Religion In Performance Art

Open Document