1st Edition
The Environment of Compassion Ecology, Religion, and Embodied Story
By Cia Sautter
Copyright 2025
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Environment of Compassion explores questions of what it means to be in relationship to nature, if and how it is a religious experience, and how understanding humans as part of nature alters theology. The book offers a performance perspective that looks at ritual, dance, and theatre as a means of presenting discussion of sacred values in the public realm. The premise is that performance may... Read more
Prologue: The Environment of Compassion - An Introduction 1. The Environment of Theatre: Ecology, Story, and the More-than-Human-World 2. The Environment of Compassion to Action 3. Environment, Ritual, Dance: Creation-based Theatre Ritual 4. The Environment of Compassion: Inner and Outer Environments Epilogue: The Embodied World of Compassion
Biography
Cia Sautter obtained her PhD from the Graduate Theological Union. She is a professional performer and has taught at several US institutions and seminaries.
