Saturday, November 05, 2016

Scholar to Discuss Contemporary Dramatic Presentations of Gospel

"Dr. Yde hosts a lively discussion of the ways the Gospel is dramatized for a mostly secular audience in new and refreshing ways by some o f America’s most prominent playwrights."
The Ecumenical Institute for Ministry and the New Mexico Conference of Churches invite you to a presentation of  "Theology on a Growing Age: The Gospel on Stage," featuring Matthew Yde, a scholar, author and drama critic.

Saturday, November 12, 
9:30-11:30 a.m. 
Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 
114 Carlisle Blvd. SE, 
Albuquerque. 
The event is free and open to the public

Dr. Yde is author of the forthcoming book The Theater of Stephen Adly Guirgis: Drama as Gospel in the Post-Christian Age. In his upcoming presentation, he will discuss contemporary plays with a Gospel-centered theme in works by Cormac McCarthy, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Lucas Hnath and others.

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