7: Belief and Unbelief in the Twenty- First Century: Lukas Bärfuss’s Der Bus (Das Zeug einer Heiligen)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Definitions and Themes 1
5. 1: The Relationship between Theater and Religion 15
6. 2: Religion in Modern European Theater and Drama 23
7. 3: “No One Wants to Get to God Anymore”? Botho Strauß’s Groß und klein and Die eine und die andere 49
8. 4: Theological Farce: George Tabori’s Mein Kampf 67
9. 5: “The Last Refuge for Metaphysics”: Werner Fritsch’s Theater Theory 91
10. 6: “The Feeling of Faith”: Fritsch’s Wondreber Totentanz and Aller Seelen 107
11. 7: Belief and Unbelief in the Twenty- First Century: Lukas Bärfuss’s Der Bus (Das Zeug einer Heiligen) 131
12. Conclusion 143
13. Bibliography 147
14. Index 161