Carnal Knowledge: How Performance Criticism can Provide Insights into Biblical Women

Authors

  • Tracy Radosevic Wesley Theological Seminary USA St Mary's Ecumenical Institute

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25159/2309-5792/2921

Keywords:

performance, embodiment of scripture, visceral experience, biblical women, storytelling

Abstract

Biblical Performance Criticism, among other things, relies on how a biblical story is embodied and, as a result, viscerally experienced by the performer as a means for gaining a better understanding of how to more fully comprehend and appreciate, and then potentially interpret with more accurate integrity, the biblical narratives. This process goes way beyond the left-brain intellect, permeating the very physiology of the teller in a way that provides a more multidimensional grasp of scripture, giving insights that perhaps could not be gleaned in any other way. This article, written by a woman, specifically focuses on how the stories of certain biblical women took on more profound meaning when embodied, experienced, and understood through the unique reality of females throughout the past few millennia.

Author Biography

Tracy Radosevic, Wesley Theological Seminary USA St Mary's Ecumenical Institute

Dr Tracy Radosevic [http://tracyrad.com] is an internationally-acclaimed storyteller, educator and retreat facilitator. Since 1991 she has travelled all over the United States, as well as to several foreign countries, bringing her special brand of humour, insight and faith to audiences of all ages through the power of performed narrative. Working across denominational lines, Tracy puts to good use the extensive training she has received while working as: a Director of Christian Education; Artist-in-Resident at a United Methodist church in Baltimore; leader of spiritual pilgrimages to Israel/Palestine, Greece/Turkey and Italy; adjunct professor at Wesley Theological Seminary and St Mary’s Ecumenical Institute; and through her official educational degrees (Bachelor of Arts from Grove City College, Grove City, PA double major in Elementary Education and Christian Ministries; Master of Religious Education from Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC; Master of Arts in Storytelling from East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN; Doctor of Ministry—focusing on Spirituality for Life Together with a special emphasis on Digital Storytelling—from Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC).

 

She has been a member of the Network of Biblical Storytellers [http://www.nbsint.org] since 1990, has served on their board, and is currently the dean of their Academy for Biblical Storytelling [http://www.nbsint.org/absinformationpage], a one-year certification programme in Biblical Storytelling.

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Published

2018-10-17

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Performance Crtitisism and Scripture