Music as an embodied experience of Triune symbolism and communion
This article looks at a theological application of participation and analogy in the music of French Twentieth Century composer, Olivier Messiaen, as an illustration of embodied encounter with the Trinity through music. Messiaen's imagery emphasises relationality and diversity in unity, and the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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Practical theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 286-296 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBC Doctrine of God NBP Sacramentology; sacraments RD Hymnology VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
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B saturated phenomena B Trinity B Symbolism B John Calvin B Jean-Luc Marion B Eucharist B Image B Olivier Messiaen B Karl Barth B Communion B Music B Analogy B The Lord's Supper B Sacrament |
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| Summary: | This article looks at a theological application of participation and analogy in the music of French Twentieth Century composer, Olivier Messiaen, as an illustration of embodied encounter with the Trinity through music. Messiaen's imagery emphasises relationality and diversity in unity, and the themes of creativity and eternity. Music is presented as an embodied and temporal experience with transcendent potential that is examined through the lens of Calvin's Treatise on The Lord's Supper - possessing the qualities of the sacrament - and applying French philosopher, Jean-Luc Marion's concept of the saturated phenomenon to music: the idea that an artistic creation is so rich, layered and multifaceted that it keeps on giving with every encounter, mediated through the body and shaped by the listener's lived experience. Active listening to music is a participatory and constructivist interpretive act. |
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| ISSN: | 1756-0748 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2019.1598699 |