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  • Volunteer Bob Yates portrays Andrew J. Macky, one of Boulder, Colorado’s richest citizens, in Historic Boulder’s Meet the Spirits (2022), as an example of cemetery performance. His accompanying “storyboard” can be seen at right. Photograph courtesy of Heather Kelley.

    Performance, Religion & Spirituality
    Vol. 7 No. 1 (2026)

    COVER IMAGE: An example of cemetery performance features volunteer Bob Yates portraying Andrew J. Macky, one of Boulder, Colorado’s wealthiest citizens, in Historic Boulder’s Meet the Spirits (2022). Photograph courtesy of Heather Kelley.

  • Performance, Religion & Spirituality
    Vol. 6 No. 1 (2024)

    Cover image: Two theyyakkaran perform the vellattam of Vasurimala Teyyam; in the background, we see a kodimaram (flagpole), an element of ritual authority from Brahminical temples. In the kaavu, this is a caricatural sign of Hindu hegemony. Malayan Kaavu, Thalassery. Photo by Rajesh Komath, December 2022.

  • Performance, Religion & Spirituality
    Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023)

    Cover image: Medium, by siri g hernández, performed at the Momentary Musuem, Bentonville, Arkansas, USA, 2021. Photo by Stephen Ironside.

  • A performer with her arms out in front of an image of Isis

    Performance, Religion and Spirituality
    Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022)

    Cover image:  Margot Trouvé as the Lector Priest stands before the image of Osiris in The Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys, adapted by Allison Hedges, staged at the University of Maryland, 2019. Photo: David Andrews.

  • A view from the streaming of a Good Friday service from Lund Cathedral, Sweden. Photo by Andreas Hillergren

    Performance, Religion & Spirituality
    Vol. 3 No. 1 (2020)

    Cover image: A view from the streaming of a Good Friday service from Lund Cathedral, Sweden. Photo by Andreas Hillergren

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  • From Karma Accelerator, by Once We Were Islands. Photo by Fanni Udvarnoki, https://fanniudvarnoki.com

    Performance, Religion & Spirituality
    Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020)

    Cover image: From Karma Accelerator, by Once We Were Islands. Photo by Fanni Udvarnoki, https://fanniudvarnoki.com