Music and theology in the European Reformations. Edited by David J. Burn, Grantley McDonald, Joseph Verheyden and Peter De Mey. (Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance. Collection Épitome musical.) Pp. 500 incl. 33 figs, 31 tables and 10 music examples. Turnhout: Brepols, 2019. €100. 978 2 503 58226 9

AbstractThis article argues that music may be an effective but under-explored metaphor for public theology. Specifically music can act as a helpful metaphor for theologians seeking to respond to three dominant criticisms of public theology, namely: that theology is too particularistic to be relevant to public discourse; that theology (and religion more widely) is harmful and dangerous especially after 9/11; that theology offers nothing that is objective to public discourse. The article responds to these criticisms by pointing out that they can be applied to public music too, but that the world would be impoverished if music (and theology) were simply to be eliminated.

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Jeremy S. Begbie and Steven R. Guthrie (eds), Resonant Witness: Conversations between Music and Theology (Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2011), pp. viii + 495. $34.00/£29.99.

Scottish Journal of Theology ◽

10.1017/s0036930612000415 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 67 (1) ◽

pp. 120-121

Author(s):

Gordon Graham

Keyword(s):

Grand Rapids ◽

Music And Theology

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Martin V. Clarke ed., Music and Theology in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Farnham: Ashgate, 2012). xvii + 262 pp. £60.00.

Nineteenth-Century Music Review ◽

10.1017/s1479409813000281 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 323-327

Author(s):

Trevor Herbert

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Music And Theology

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Burn, David J., Grantley R. McDonald, Joseph Verheyden, and Peter De Mey, eds. Music and Theology in the European Reformations

Renaissance and Reformation ◽

10.33137/rr.v43i1.34106 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 217-219

Author(s):

Michael O’Connor

Keyword(s):

Music And Theology

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Begbie, Jeremy S., and Steven R. Guthrie, eds.,Resonant Witness: Conversations Between Music and Theology. The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies Series, ed. John D. Witvliet. Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011. Pp. viii + 497 + musical scores. $34.00 paper.

Religion and the Arts ◽

10.1163/15685292-01803006 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 409-411

Author(s):

Rev. Samuel Keyes

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Publishing Company ◽

Liturgical Studies ◽

Grand Rapids ◽

Musical Scores ◽

Christian Worship ◽

Music And Theology

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Music as a Door to the Holy

Interpretation A Journal of Bible and Theology ◽

10.1177/0020964316670843 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 71 (1) ◽

pp. 7-12

Author(s):

Don E. Saliers ◽

Emily A. Saliers

Keyword(s):

Religious Practice ◽

Human Emotions ◽

Music And Theology

When we reflect on music and theology, we find that questions about God and religious practice are also questions about deep human emotions: awe, wonder, fear, grief, sorrow, confusion, joy, hope, gratitude, and ecstatic praise. Music can sound the language of the heart before God and neighbor, into mystery and suffering.

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