Bach among the theologians
By: Jaroslav Pelikan.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Religion.; Lutheran Church -- Doctrines -- History.
Description: BACH AMONG THE THEOLOGIANS is Pelikan's appreciation of Bach as a highly creative man who was truly a man of his own time. He puts to rest the somewhat artificial argument about the sacred and secular strains in Bach's work. This "tension" ultimately does not seem to have been as big a deal for Bach as it has become for modern historians, musicians, theologians, etc. Perhaps, because Bach's sense of the sacred was much more encompassing than we highly compartmentalized moderns ever allow it to be. In any case, the fact that so many highly divergent groups want to claim Bach as their own is probably sufficient proof of Bach's transcendent greatness.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 141-154.
Includes index.