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Theology, Music, and Modernity

Struggles for Freedom

Daniel K L Chua editor Markus Rathey editor Jeremy Begbie editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:2nd Feb '21

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Theology, Music, and Modernity addresses the question: how can the study of music contribute to a theological reading of modernity? It has grown out of the conviction that music has often been ignored in narrations of modernity's theological struggles. Featuring contributions from an international team of distinguished theologians, musicologists, and music theorists, the volume shows how music--and discourse about music--has remarkable powers to bring to light the theological currents that have shaped modern culture. It focuses on the concept of freedom, concentrating on the years 1740-1850, a period when freedom--especially religious and political freedom-became a burning matter of concern in virtually every stratum of Western society. The collection is divided into four sections, each section focusing on a key phenomenon of this period--the rise of the concept of 'revolutionary' freedom; the move of music from church to concert hall; the cry for eschatological justice in the work of black hymn-writer and church leader Richard Allen; and the often fierce tensions between music and language. There is a particular concern to draw on a distinctively 'Scriptural imagination' (especially the theme of New Creation) in order to elicit the key issues at stake, and to suggest constructive ways forward for a contemporary Christian theological engagement with the legacies of modernity today.

The different specializations of contributors in theology, musicology, and/or music theory provide well balanced look at each topic ... This book goes beyond many other edited volumes by having contributors interact (to differing degrees) with one another. * Bradley K. Broadhead, Reading Religion *
This volume is a fine contribution to an ongoing discussion about the crucialmeanings of ourmodern past that continue to shape the way we encounter its musical experiences in the present. * Anthony J. Godzieba, Villanova University, BACH Journal *

ISBN: 9780198846550

Dimensions: 240mm x 165mm x 30mm

Weight: 762g

400 pages