ABSTRACT
My own experience of relativism suggests that its effects within universities and wider society have been underplayed. This experience is supported by research showing that individual intuition will assume truth to be tied to a variant rather than an absolute. Additionally, the gap between theology and practice in the lives of Christians displays characteristics of relativism, even if this relativism is implicit in behaviour rather than espoused. In this chapter, I aim to demonstrate how theodrama can be effective in evangelism amongst those who hold to a relativistic philosophy. I also argue that theodramatic reflection and teaching creates a natural link between doctrine and practice, creating a platform for improvisation that enables Christians to live in accord with the narrative that they are called to act out. In this way it reduces the implicit effects of relativism within Christians’ lives and the resulting inconsistency between orthodoxy and orthopraxy.
