Begbie, Jeremy - Music, Modernity, and God

Jeremy Begbie explores how the practices of music and the discourses it has generated bear witness to some of the pivotal theological currents and counter-currents shaping modernity. Begbie argues that music is capable of yielding highly effective ways of addressing some of the more intractable theological problems and dilemmas of modernity.

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CONTENTS

1 Introduction: Listening to Music
2 Shifting Sensibilities: Calvin and Music
3 Disquieting Conversations: Bach, Modernity and God
4 The Nature of Music: Rameau, Rousseau and Natural Theology
5 Musical Apotheosis: Early German Romanticism
6 Room of One s Own? Music, Space, and Freedom
7 Music and God-talk (1): Mapping the Field
8 Music and God-talk (2): Interaction in Action