Music and the Generosity of God
What if sounds everywhere lavish divine generosity? Merging insights from Jean-Luc Marion with musical ingenuity from Pierre Boulez and John Cage’s 4’33”, Gerald C. Liu blends the phenomenological, theological, and musical to formulate a hypothesis that in all places, soundscapes instantiate divine...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Cham
Palgrave Macmillan
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Radical Theologies and Philosophies
SpringerLink Bücher Springer eBook Collection Religion and Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Phenomenology B Religious Studies B Religion B Music—Philosophy and aesthetics |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-69492-4 Printed edition: 9783319694924 |
| Summary: | What if sounds everywhere lavish divine generosity? Merging insights from Jean-Luc Marion with musical ingenuity from Pierre Boulez and John Cage’s 4’33”, Gerald C. Liu blends the phenomenological, theological, and musical to formulate a hypothesis that in all places, soundscapes instantiate divine giving without boundary. He aims to widen apprehension of holiness in the world, and privileges the ubiquity of sound as a limitless and easily accessible portal for discovering the inexhaustible magnitude of divine giving. 1. Introduction -- 2. A Silent Prayer.- 3. Theological Stocktaking with Pierre Boulez.- 4. The Epistle of 4’33” -- 5. The Ubiquity of Music and Sacramental Life -- 6. The Spook of Modern Technology and the Generosity of Music.- 7. Conclusion. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (XIII, 140 p. 4 illus, online resource) |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-69493-1 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69493-1 |
