The ‘theatre of the absurd’ is a term applied to plays written by a number of European playwrights in the 1950s.Among its features are that ‘logical construction and argument give way to irrational and illogical speech’ – according to Wikipedia.
A similar term – ‘church of the absurd’ – might rightly be applied to the current Church of England. You couldn’t make it up – although apparently the CofE is, at least when it comes to what it believes about contemporary moral issues.
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The ‘theatre of the absurd’ is a term applied to plays written by a number of European playwrights in the 1950s.Among its features are that ‘logical construction and argument give way to irrational and illogical speech’ – according to Wikipedia.
A similar term – ‘church of the absurd’ – might rightly be applied to the current Church of England. You couldn’t make it up – although apparently the CofE is, at least when it comes to what it believes about contemporary moral issues.
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