Ceremonial Embodiment: The Problem of “Liturgical Drama”

Donnalee Dox is Associate Professor in the Department of Performance Studies and Director of the interdisciplinary Religious Studies Program at Texas A&M University. In addition to a monograph, The Idea of the Theatre in Latin Christian Thought: Augustine to the Fourteenth Century (University of Michigan Press, 2004), she has published articles on medieval intellectual history, middle eastern dance, and contemporary spiritual performance. Her work has appeared in Theatre Journal, The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, The Journal of Religion and Theatre, Theatre Research International, Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and TDR as well as collections of essays.