Music and monotheism / Gareth F. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Gareth (Conductor), author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in religion and monotheism

Cambridge Elements. Elements in Religion and Monotheism Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monotheism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (67 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

What connects the phenomenon of music as an art with the belief in one indivisible God? What has music, a non-linguistic medium, to say about the personal, loving, communicative God of Scripture and the Prophets, or the omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, transcendent God of the Philosophers and can it bring these 'concepts of God' together? To answer these questions, this book takes divine Creation as its starting point, that the God of monotheism must be the Creator of all that is. It thus argues that anything which instantiates and facilitates communication within the created realm has been enabled to do so by a God who communicates with His Creation, and who wishes that His Creation be communicative. Indeed, it will argue that the communication allowed by music, and aesthetic experience in general, is the very raison d'être of Abrahamic monotheism and might thus allow an opportunity for dialogue between monotheistic faiths

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009183987

1009183982

9781009183994

1009183990

9781009158916

1009158910