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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books:

Anderson, M.D.. Drama Imagery in English Medieval Churches. 1963.

Bates, Esther Willard. The Art of Producing Pageants. Boston: Bates, 1925.

---. The Church Play and Its Production. Boston: Bates, 1938.

Barnard, Floy. Drama In The Churches. Southern Baptist Press, 1950. [page 103]

Bryant, James C.. Tudor Drama.

Baxter, Kay M.. Contemporary Theatre and the Christian Faith. London: SCM Press Ltd., 1964.

Biederwolf, William Edward. The Christian and amusements: is dancing sinful? is card-playing wrong? is theater-going harmful?. 1909. Reprinted several times until 1956.

Eastman, Fred. Christ in the Drama. 

---, and Louis Wilson. Drama in the Church. 

Edyvean, Alfred. This Dramatic World. 1970.

Ehrensperger, Harold. Religious Drama: Ends and Means. New York: Abingdon Press, 1962.

Gardner, R.H.. The Splintered Stage: The Decline of The American Theater. 1965.

Johnson, Beverly. Planning and Staging Dramatic Productions. Lutheran Press, 1983.

Litherland, Janet. Getting Started in Drama Ministry: A Complete Guide to Christian Drama. 1988.

McGrath, William R.. Why Alert and Well-informed Christians Object to Radio, Television and the Theatre. 1960. Reprinted as late as 1979.

Merchant, W. Moelwyn. Creed and Drama.  London: Society for Promoting Christian        Knowledge, 1965.

Moseley, Edward J.. Using Drama In The Church. Bethany Press, 1962.

Phillips, Henry. The Theatre and its Critics in Seventeenth-Century France. 1980.

Rood, Wayne Ray. The Art of Teaching Christianity: Enabling The Loving Revolution. 1968.

---. Understanding Christian Education. 1970.

---. On Nurturing Christians: Perhaps A Manifesto For Education. 1972.

Salter, F.M.. The Banns of the Chester Plays. 1940.

Speaight, Robert. Religious Controversy and Christian Theatre. Bethany Press, 1962.

Taylor, Loren E.. Pageants and Festivals. Minneapolis, Mn.: Burgess Pub. Co., 1965.

Williams, Arnold. The Characterization of Pilate in the Townley Plays.

Dissertations and Theses:

Anthony, Sister Rose. The Jeremy Collier Stage Controversy, 1698-1726. Diss. Marquette University Press, 1937. [page 104]

Blair, Lawrence. “Dramatic Activity of the Church: as Seen in English Churchwardens' Accounts and Other Archival Sources of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth            Centuries.” Diss. Yale University, 1933.

Butler, W.. “Ignatius’ The Moral Problems of the Theatre.” Diss. The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1958.

Casas, Myrna. “Theatrical Production in Puerto Rico from 1700-1824: The Role of the     Government and of the Roman Catholic Church.” Diss. New York University, School of Education, 1973.

Clestrud, Vernon A.. “An Analysis of the Moral Attitudes Toward the Theater of the Pacific Slope States from 1849 to 1899.” Diss. University of Oregon, 1965.

Einsel, Alan Deem. “Developing Faith Communication Skills of Adults Through             Drama.” Diss. Drew University, 1985.

Elliott, John Allen. “The Mask in Etruscan Religion, Ritual and Theater.” Diss. Florida State University, 1986.

Gentes, Mary Josephine. “Hinduism Through Village Dance Drama: Narrative Image and Ritual Process in South India's Terukkuttu and Yaksagana Ritual Theaters.” Diss.             University of Virginia, 1987.

Gering, William M.. “Mennonite Attitudes Toward Theatrical Enterprises.” Thesis. Indiana University, 1961.

Green, Russell Earl. “Legal and Moral Restrictions on the Colonial American Theatre.” Thesis. University of South Carolina, 1950.

Hubbard, Jr., Oliver F.. “A Critical Analysis of Selected American Dramas: 1950-1975.” Diss.

Holubowicz, Vincent. B.. “A Spirituality of Twentieth Century American Drama.” Thesis. Saint Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, Wis., 1988.

Keefe, Sister Mary Michael. “The National Catholic Theatre Conference: Its aims and its achievements.” Diss. Northwestern University, 1965.

Lewis, Judith Ann. “The Selection Process of Dramatic Literature for Production at  Southern Baptist Colleges and Universities.” Diss. University of Mississippi, 1983. [page 105]

Marsh, William Hayden. “The Attitude of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Toward the Theatre in America, 1891-1967.” Diss. University of Kansas, 1967.

McKean, Sister Mary Faith, R.S.M., M.A.. “The Interplay of Realistic and Flamboyant Art   Elements in the French Mysteres.” Thesis. Catholic University - School of Arts and Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1959.

McShane, Margaret Mary. “The Music of the Medieval Liturgical Drama.” Diss. Catholic University of America, 1961.

Meyer, Verne. “The Relationship Between Prominent Themes in John Calvin's Theology and Common Arguments in the ‘Puritan’ Critique of English Theatre from 1577 to 1633.” Diss. University of Minnesota, 1985.

Moore, Marie Dolores. “The Visitatio Sepulchri of the Medieval Church: a Historical, Geographical and Liturgical Survey.” Diss. Eastman School of Music, University of  Rochester, 1971.

Norberg, Janet Louise. “From Opposition to Appropriation: The Resolution of Southern Baptist Conflict with Dramatic Forms, 1802-1962.” Diss. University of Iowa, 1964.

Pike, Morris R.. “The Attitudes of the Significant Constituencies of the Christian College Consortium Toward Certain Aspects of Theatre.” Diss. Kent State University             Graduate School, 1976.

Sanders, Thomas J.. “The Use of Drama in Teaching Church History in the Local Congregation.” Thesis. Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Ind..

T.C.G., Sister Jean. “The Function of Religious Drama and Dance in the Schools of the     Episcopal Church.” Diss. University of Arizona, 1960.

Weiner, Albert Byron. “Acting on the Medieval Religious Stage.” Diss. Yale University, 1958.

Wright, Dorothy Lucille. “The Undermining of the Christian Ethic by Certain Trends in Contemporary French Theatre.” Diss. Texas University at Arlington., 1973.

Articles:

Bates, Richard. “Jesus and the Theatre.” New Testament Studies 30.4 (Oct. 1984): 563-574. [page 106]

Browne, E. Martin. “Man as Contemporary Theatre Sees Him.” Princeton Seminary Bulletin 52 (May 1959): 41-48.

Friesen, Lauren. “Theatre and Religion.” The Conrad Grebel Review 7 (Winter 1988): 11-24.

Goldhamer, Allen D.. “Everyman, A Dramatization of Death.” The Quarterly Journal of Speech 59 (Feb. 1973): 87-98.

Golomb, Liorah Anne. “The Secret Rapture as Christian Allegory.” Modern Drama 33.4 (Dec. 1990): n.pag.

Hodgetts, Colin. “A Story of Drama and Liturgy.” Risk 5.1 (1968): 42-44.

Lee, Ronald J. “Ritual and Theatre: an Overview.” Academy 38.3-4 (1982): 132-149.

McCleary, John Franklin. “Pulpit and Stage.” Princeton Seminary Bulletin 59 (Mar. 1966): 41-47.

McFall, Eve. “What Child Is This? a Three Part Play for Children.” International Journal of Religious Education 42 (Apr. 1966): 21-24, 39-40.

Mikesell, Margaret Lael. “Catholic and Protestant widows in The Duchess of Malfi.” Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance 7 (Nov. 1983): 265-279.

Myrdal, Gunnar. “Asian Drama.” Review of Mission 58 (Oct. 1969): 446-456.

Newport, John P. “Questions Ministers ask about Contemporary Literature and Drama.” Southwestern Journal of Theology 10 (Spring 1968): 31-47.

Parrot, T.M.. “Mak and Archie Armstrang.” Modern Language Notes 59.5 (May 1944).

Ralph, George. “Signs of World Views.” Journal of Faith and Thought Fall 1985: 12-17.

Robertson, Everett. Church Recreation. Jan./Feb./Mar. 1976.

Roney, Loois. “The Wakefield First and Second Shepherds Plays as Complements in Psychology and Parody.” Speculum 58 (Jul 1983): 696-723.

Rood, Wayne R.. “A Review of Plays with Bibliography in Religious Dramas.” Encounter. 26 (Aug. 1965): 514-524.

Sawyer, Rosemary Rausch. Moody Monthly. Dec. 1984: 20-23.

Sherry, Richard J.. “Placing Theatre in the Spotlight: Some Evangelical Distrust of Theatre Stems from Lack of Understanding.” Christianity Today. 26.17 (1982): 56-57. [page 107]

Simmonds, Jim N. “Musical Theatre: A Prelude to the Gospel.” Crux 21.2 (1985): 10-16.

Van der Horst, Pieter W.. “Moses' Throne Vision in Ezekiel the Dramatist.” Journal of Jewish Studies. 34 (Spring 1983): 21-29.

Ward, Winifred. Motive. 18 .7 (1958).

Yanitelli, Victor. “Jesuit Education and the Jesuit Theatre.” Jesuit Educational Quarterly. 5 (Jan.1949): 133-145.

Endnotes

  1. For one example, see: Religious Drama: Ends and Means. New York: Abingdon Press, 1962.
  2. M.A. Thesis. Catholic University - School of Arts and Sciences, 1959.
  3. Diss. Yale University, 1958.
  4. Diss. Catholic University of America, 1961.
  5. Diss. Eastman School of Music, 1971.
  6. Diss. University of Denver, 1952.
  7. Diss. University of Arizona, 1960.
  8. Diss. University of Iowa, 1964.
  9. Diss. University of Kansas, 1967.
  10. Diss. Northwestern University, 1965.
  11. Diss. Texas University at Arlington, 1973.
  12. Diss. University of Oregon, 1965.
  13. The Catholic University of America, 1958.
  14. Ed.D., University of Mississippi, 1983.
  15. Diss. Kent State University Graduate School, 1976.
  16. D.Min., Drew University, 1985.
  17. M.Div., Concordia Theological Seminary. No year given.
  18. Diss. Florida State University, 1986.
  19. Diss. Yale University, 1933.
  20. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 1937.
  21. Diss. University of Minnesota, 1985.
  22. Diss. University of Virginia, 1987.
  23. Diss. New York University, School of Education, 1973.
  24. M.Div. Saint Francis Seminary, 1988.
  25. M.A. Thesis. University of South Carolina, 1950.
  26. M.A. Thesis. Indiana University, 1961.
  27. M.A. Thesis. Pacific School of Religion, 1980.
  28. Diss. Graduate Theological Union, 1985.
  29. Diss. GTU, 1976.
  30. M.A. Thesis. GTU, 1973.
  31. Diss. PSR/GTU, 1994.
  32. Southwestern Journal of Theology 10 (Spring 1968): 31-47.
  33. Christianity Today 17 Sept. 1982: 56-57.
  34. Encounter August 1965: 514-524.
  35. Church Recreation Jan/Feb./March, 1976: 27.
  36. Moody Monthly December 1984: 20-23.
  37. The Quarterly Journal of Speech 59 (Feb 1973): 87-98.
  38. Modern Language Notes 59 (May 1944): n. 5.
  39. Jesuit Educational Quarterly 5 (January 1949): 133-145.
  40. Risk, 5.1 (1968): 42-44.
  41. Academy 38.3-4 (1982): 132-49.
  42. Speculum 58 (July 1983): 696-723.
  43. International Journal of Religious Education 42 (April 1966): 21-24, 39-40.
  44. Princeton Seminary Bulletin, Volume 59, March, 1966: 41-47.
  45. Crux, 21.2 (June 1985): 10-16.
  46. Christian Century, 86 (24 December 1969): 1646-47.
  47. Browne, E. Martin. “Man as Contemporary Theatre Sees Him.” Princeton Seminary Bulletin 52 (May 1959): 41-48.
  48. Ralph, George. “Signs of World Views.” Journal of Faith and Thought n.vol. (Fall 1985): 12-17.
  49. Modern Drama 33.4 (December 1990).
  50. Review of Mission 58 (October 1969): 446-56.
  51. Journal of Jewish Studies 34 (Spring 1983): 21-29.
  52. Trans. W. Kroehler. Japan Christian Quarterly 35 (Fall 1969): 252-60.
  53. New Testament Studies 30.4 (October 1984): 563-74.
  54. Friesen, Lauren.“Theatre and Religion.” The Conrad Grebel Review 7 (Winter 1988): 11-24.
  55. Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance 7 (November 1983): 265-79.
  56. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1965.
  57. London: SCM Press, Ltd., 1964.
  58. For more information, see “Drama in the Church: an Experiment.” Theology Today 22 (Jan. 1966): 505-12.
  59. Bates, Esther Willard. The Art of Producing Pageants. Boston: Bates, 1925. 31-2.
  60. Taylor, Loren E. Pageants and Festivals. 8.
  61. Bates, ibid.

 

 
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