Arts & Religion in Indianapolis: It's Been Complicated
AOA NEWS
By Tahlib
INDIANA - In sharp contrast to the liberal vitality of its neighbor to the east, Cincinnati, Ohio, the Indianapolis relationship between the performing arts and religion began with hostility and became a partnership. Prior to the 1950s, morality rules often crushed artistic expressions in dance and music. Today, however that once hostile relationship is now uniquely Indy-positive. For instance, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church now holds its contemporary Sunday morning worship service at the Beef & Boards dinner theater, and that the Phoenix Theatre, the city's other Equity company performs out of an abandoned church. Other churches and faith groups have also embraced the performing arts since the 1950s. They include Christ Church Cathedral, Christian Theological Seminary, Faith for a City, the Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal, Indianapolis, Hebrew Congregation, Trinity Episcopal Church, North United Methodist Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, All Soul’s Unitarian Church, Wesley United Methodist Church, Central Avenue United Methodist Church, the Jewish Community Center, the Eastern Star Baptist Church, and Southport Presbyterian Church. Capping off this still growing bond has been the development of the Spirit & Place Festival, which over 16 years has emerged as the nation's premier annual civic festival of the arts, humanities, and religion. [Source]
By Tahlib
INDIANA - In sharp contrast to the liberal vitality of its neighbor to the east, Cincinnati, Ohio, the Indianapolis relationship between the performing arts and religion began with hostility and became a partnership. Prior to the 1950s, morality rules often crushed artistic expressions in dance and music. Today, however that once hostile relationship is now uniquely Indy-positive. For instance, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church now holds its contemporary Sunday morning worship service at the Beef & Boards dinner theater, and that the Phoenix Theatre, the city's other Equity company performs out of an abandoned church. Other churches and faith groups have also embraced the performing arts since the 1950s. They include Christ Church Cathedral, Christian Theological Seminary, Faith for a City, the Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal, Indianapolis, Hebrew Congregation, Trinity Episcopal Church, North United Methodist Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, All Soul’s Unitarian Church, Wesley United Methodist Church, Central Avenue United Methodist Church, the Jewish Community Center, the Eastern Star Baptist Church, and Southport Presbyterian Church. Capping off this still growing bond has been the development of the Spirit & Place Festival, which over 16 years has emerged as the nation's premier annual civic festival of the arts, humanities, and religion. [Source]
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