Resonant Witness gathers together a wide, harmonious chorus of voices from across the musical and theological spectrum to show that music and theology can each learn much from the other -- and that the majesty and power of both are profoundly amplified when they do. With essays touching on J. S. Bach, Hildegard of Bingen, Martin Luther, Karl Barth, Olivier Messiaen, jazz improvisation, South African freedom songs, and more, this volume encourages musicians and theologians to pursue a more fruitful and sustained engagement with one another. Contributors:<ul>
<li>Jeremy S. Begbie</li>
<li>Bruce Ellis Benson</li>
<li>Alastair Borthwick</li>
<li>Daniel K. L. Chua</li>
<li>Nancy van Deusen</li>
<li>Margot Fassler</li>
<li>Steven R. Guthrie</li>
<li>Carol Harrison</li>
<li>Trevor Hart</li>
<li>C. Michael Hawn</li>
<li>Joyce Irwin</li>
<li>John Paul Ito</li>
<li>Anthony Monti</li>
<li>David J. R. S. Moseley</li>
<li>Michael O'Connor</li>
<li>Catherine Pickstock</li>
<li>Richard J. Plantinga</li>
<li>Robert Sholl</li>
<li>Nancy van Deusen</li>
<li>John D. Witvliet</li>
</ul>

Resonant Witness: Conversations between Music and Theology (The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies (CICW))

Religion & Spirituality

Begbie, Jeremy

Guthrie, Steven R.

Christian Books & Bibles

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Product Description The metaphor of performance has been applied fruitfully by anthropologists and other social theorists to different aspects of human social existence, and furnishes a potentially helpful model in terms of which to think theologically about Christian life. After an introductory editorial chapter reflecting on the nature of artistic performance and its relationship to the notions of tradition and identity, Part One of this book attends specifically to the phenomenon of dramatic performance and possible theological applications of it. Part Two considers various aspects of the performance of Christian identity, looking at worship, the interpretation of the Bible, Christian response to elements in the contemporary media, the shape of Christian moral life, and ending with a theological reflection on the shape of personal identity, correlating it with the theatrical metaphors of 'character' and 'performing a part' in a scripted drama. Part Three demonstrates how art forms (including some technically non-performative ones - literature, poetry, painting) may constitute faithful Christian practices in which the tradition is authentically 'performed', producing works which break open its meaning in profound new ways for a constantly shifting context. About the Author Trevor A. Hart is Professor of Divinity and Principal of St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, UK. He is Director of the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts. Steven R. Guthrie is Lecturer in Theology at Belmont University, Nashville, USA.

Faithful Performances (Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts)

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Routledge

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