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A History of Theory and Method in the Study of Religion and Dance
Past, Present, and Future
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The relationship between religion and dance is as old as humankind. Contemporary methods for studying this relationship date back a century. The difference between these two time frames is significant: scholars are still developing theories and methods capable of illuminating this vast history that take account of their limited place within it. A History of Theory and Method in the Study of Religion and Dance takes on a primary challenge of doing so: overcoming a conceptual dichotomy between âreligionâ and âdanceâ forged in the colonial era that justified western Christian hostility towards dance traditions across six continents over six centuries. Beginning with its enlightenment roots, LaMothe narrates a selective history of this dichotomy, revealing its ongoing work in separating dance studies from religious studies. Turning to the Bushmen of the African Kalahari, LaMothe introduces an ecokinetic approach that provides scholars with conceptual resources for mapping the generative interdependence of phenomena that appear as âdanceâ and/or âreligion.â
Kimerer L. LaMothe, Ph.D., is a philosopher, dancer, and award-winning author. Her five books include Nietzcheâs Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values (Palgrave 2006) and Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming (Columbia 2015).
"Through her interdisciplinary approach, LaMothe opens the field in manifold directions. Her work stimulates a need for more research on the complex relationship between dance and religion."
Tatjana K. Schnütgen, University of Regensburg, Reading Religion, May 2019.
Tatjana K. Schnütgen, University of Regensburg, Reading Religion, May 2019.
A History of Theory and Method in the Study of Religion and Dance
Past, Present, and Future
âKimerer L. LaMothe
âAbstract
âKeywords
â1âWhere and How to Begin?
â2âDefining Religion, Excluding Dance: A Prehistory of the Study of Religion
â3âFounding a Field: Max Müller and Lilly Grove
â4âCracks in the Case for Colonialism
â5âDancing into the Future: Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis
â6âThe Bible Says Do It: W.O.E. Oesterley and the Task for Christian Theology
â7âBetter Together: Ãmile Durkheim and the Sociology of Religion
â8âReligion and/or/is/not Dance: Gerardus van der Leeuw and The Phenomenology of Religion
â9âBranching and Crossing 1: Religious Studies and Dance Studies
â10âBranching and Crossing 2: Art Dance and Sacred Dance
â11âAn Ecokinetic Approach: Learning from the Bushmen of the African Kalahari
â12âShaking for God: The Bodily Act of Becoming Human
âCoda. Moving On: A Call for More
âReferences
Past, Present, and Future
âKimerer L. LaMothe
âAbstract
âKeywords
â1âWhere and How to Begin?
â2âDefining Religion, Excluding Dance: A Prehistory of the Study of Religion
â3âFounding a Field: Max Müller and Lilly Grove
â4âCracks in the Case for Colonialism
â5âDancing into the Future: Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis
â6âThe Bible Says Do It: W.O.E. Oesterley and the Task for Christian Theology
â7âBetter Together: Ãmile Durkheim and the Sociology of Religion
â8âReligion and/or/is/not Dance: Gerardus van der Leeuw and The Phenomenology of Religion
â9âBranching and Crossing 1: Religious Studies and Dance Studies
â10âBranching and Crossing 2: Art Dance and Sacred Dance
â11âAn Ecokinetic Approach: Learning from the Bushmen of the African Kalahari
â12âShaking for God: The Bodily Act of Becoming Human
âCoda. Moving On: A Call for More
âReferences
All interested in studying historical occurrences of religion and dance; and in developing theoretical and conceptual resources for such study that disavow the legacy of colonialism and acknowledge the agency of dancing as religion.