theology and music colloquium
The second meeting of the Theology and Music Colloquium took place in Ely, Cambridgeshire, in January 2004, chaired by Jeremy Begbie. Musicians, theologians, philosophers, historians and music theorists, from the UK, Germany and the USA gathered to engage in a conversation between theology and the musical arts. Participants offered papers on a variety of themes including:
- Music and Modernity
- Improvisation
- Music and Worship
- Explorations in Doctrine
Arising out of the colloquium, a book of essays will be available in 2007:
Musical Theology, published by Eerdmans.
This includes:
- Joyce Irwin
“So Faith Comes From What is Heard”: The relationship between Music and God's Word in German Lutheranism - John Ito
Music, Mathematics and Realism - Daniel Chua
Music as the Mouthpiece of Modernity - Robert Scholl
Messiaen, St Francis and Redemption through Modernity - David Moseley
“Parables” and “Polyphony”: The Resonance of Music and Theology in Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Catherine Pickstock
Quasi Una Sonata: Postmodernism, Religion and Music - Richard Plantinga
Bach, Theology and Death - Carol Harrison
Augustine on Music
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