Music and the Generosity of God [electronic resource] /
Liu, Gerald C.author.
What if sounds everywhere lavish divine generosity? Merging insights from Jean-Luc Marion with musical ingenuity from Pierre Boulez and John Cage’s 4’33”, Gerald C. Liu blends the phenomenological, theological, and musical to formulate a hypothesis that in all places, soundscapes instantiate divine giving without boundary. He aims to widen apprehension of holiness in the world, and privileges the ubiquity of sound as a limitless and easily accessible portal for discovering the inexhaustible magnitude of divine giving. .
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. A Silent Prayer -- 3. Theological Stocktaking with Pierre Boulez -- 4. The Epistle of 4’33” -- 5. The Ubiquity of Music and Sacramental Life -- 6. The Spook of Modern Technology and the Generosity of Music -- 7. Conclusion. .
What if sounds everywhere lavish divine generosity? Merging insights from Jean-Luc Marion with musical ingenuity from Pierre Boulez and John Cage’s 4’33”, Gerald C. Liu blends the phenomenological, theological, and musical to formulate a hypothesis that in all places, soundscapes instantiate divine giving without boundary. He aims to widen apprehension of holiness in the world, and privileges the ubiquity of sound as a limitless and easily accessible portal for discovering the inexhaustible magnitude of divine giving. .
Theology.
Phenomenology .
Music—Philosophy and aesthetics.
Christian Theology.
Phenomenology.
Philosophy of Music.