Theology, music, and time / Jeremy S. Begbie.
| Author/creator | Begbie, Jeremy |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. |
| Description | xiv, 317 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. Practising music ; Music's time -- In God's good time. In God's good time ; Resolution and salvation ; Music, time and eternity ; Repetition and Eucharist -- Time to improvise. Boulez, Cage and freedom ; Liberating constraint ; Giving and giving back ; Conclusion. |
| Abstract | This book aims to show how music can enrich and advance theology, extending our wisdom about God and God's ways with the world. Instead of asking: what can theology do for music?, it asks: what can music do for theology? The author argues that music's engagement with time gives the theologian invaluable resources for understanding how it is that God enables us to live 'peaceably' with time as a dimension of the created world. Without assuming any specialist knowledge of music, he explores a wide range of musical phenomena--rhythm, metre, resolution, repetition, improvisation--and through them opens up some of the central themes of the Christian faith--creation, salvation, eschatology, time and eternity, eucharist, election and ecclesiology. In so doing, he shows that music can not only refresh theology with new models, but also release it from damaging habits of thought which have hampered its work in the past. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 99051389 |
| ISBN | 0521444640 |
| ISBN | 0521785685 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3921 .B44 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |