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Theology as Performance: Kevin J. Vanhoozer's Dramaturgical Take on Doctrine

Theology as Performance: Kevin J. Vanhoozer's Dramaturgical Take on Doctrine ATR/99.4 Theology as Performance: Kevin J. Vanhoozer’s Dramaturgical Take on Doctrine William J. Danaher Jr.* Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine. By Kevin J. Vanhoozer. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 2014. xvii + 278 pp. $30.00 (paper). Every Palm Sunday, I remember a particular celebration I at- tended at St. James’s Episcopal Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The congregation was composed of social activists, academics, and evangelicals who had joined an economically and ethnically diverse community living around Porter Square, a working-class neighbor- hood located about a mile away from Harvard. I was just starting to learn what it meant to be an Episcopalian, and St. James’s seemed tailor-made to both comfort and challenge me. The celebration took place sometime in the late 1980s, in the midst of a late-winter snowstorm. The celebrant made the decision to disregard the weather, and to lead the entry procession outside the church and around the block. We lined up at the back of the church, ready to wave our palms and sing, “All Glory Laud and Honor.” The doors of the church opened, and a cold, stiff breeze immedi- ately greeted us, bending the palms in our hands and snuffing out http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anglican Theological Review SAGE

Theology as Performance: Kevin J. Vanhoozer's Dramaturgical Take on Doctrine

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Anglican Theological Review , Volume 99 (4): 1 – Aug 25, 2021
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ATR/99.4 Theology as Performance: Kevin J. Vanhoozer’s Dramaturgical Take on Doctrine William J. Danaher Jr.* Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine. By Kevin J. Vanhoozer. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 2014. xvii + 278 pp. $30.00 (paper). Every Palm Sunday, I remember a particular celebration I at- tended at St. James’s Episcopal Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The congregation was composed of social activists, academics, and evangelicals who had joined an economically and ethnically diverse community living around Porter Square, a working-class neighbor- hood located about a mile away from Harvard. I was just starting to learn what it meant to be an Episcopalian, and St. James’s seemed tailor-made to both comfort and challenge me. The celebration took place sometime in the late 1980s, in the midst of a late-winter snowstorm. The celebrant made the decision to disregard the weather, and to lead the entry procession outside the church and around the block. We lined up at the back of the church, ready to wave our palms and sing, “All Glory Laud and Honor.” The doors of the church opened, and a cold, stiff breeze immedi- ately greeted us, bending the palms in our hands and snuffing out

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