Theology as improvisation [electronic resource] : a study in the musical nature of theological thinking / by Nathan Crawford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford, Nathan.

Series:

Studies in Systematic Theology 13.

Studies in systematic theology, 1876-1518 ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Music.

Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Theology as Improvisation , Nathan Crawford reimagines the possibilities for how theology thinks God within a postmodern world. He argues that theology is improvisation by analyzing the nature of attunement within theological thinking and how this opens certain possibilities for theology. He does so by engaging a number of thinkers, including Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, David Tracy, and Saint Augustine. He navigates the nature of thinking God in a postmodern world by using these thinkers to offer critiques of onto-theological thinking and totalizing systems while also following their embrace of the fragment and focus upon the nature of thinking as attunement. The result is a unique way of approaching theological thinking in our contemporary context.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: What Are We Playing?

Heidegger and the Question of Thinking

Derrida and Attunement: Playing in a Deconstructive Mode

Finding the Groove: Attunement as Musical Way of Thinking

Attunement and Theology: Resonations with David Tracy

The Theological Example: Augustine’s Unstructuring of Theological Form

Conclusion: Well, Sort of

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-24598-7

OCLC:

830162168

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004245983 DOI