Overview
Christianity Today 2008 Book Award (Theology/Ethics)
Even fallen humans compose beautiful symphonies, music that touches emotions as nothing else can. Resounding Truth shows Christians how to uncover the Gospel message found in the many melodies that surround us. Theologian and musician Jeremy Begbie believes our divinely-inspired imagination reveals opportunity for sincere, heartfelt praise.
With practical examples, lucid explanations, and an accessible bibliography, this book will help music lovers discover how God's diversity shines through sound. Begbie helps readers see the Master of Song and experience the harmony of heavenly hope.
Even fallen humans compose beautiful symphonies, music that touches emotions as nothing else can. Resounding Truth shows Christians how to uncover the Gospel message found in the many melodies that surround us. Theologian and musician Jeremy Begbie believes our divinely-inspired imagination reveals opportunity for sincere, heartfelt praise.
With practical examples, lucid explanations, and an accessible bibliography, this book will help music lovers discover how God's diversity shines through sound. Begbie helps readers see the Master of Song and experience the harmony of heavenly hope.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Music in Action
1. What Are We Talking About?
2. Music in Action in Biblical Times
Part 2: Encounters
3. Music and God's Cosmic Order: The Great Tradition
4. A Sixteenth-Century Trio
5. Wise Beyond Words
6. Three Musical Theologians
7. Two Theological Musicians
Part 3: Music in a Christian Ecology
8. A Christian Ecology
9. Music in God's World
10. Music in God's Calling
11. Singular Powers
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Part 1: Music in Action
1. What Are We Talking About?
2. Music in Action in Biblical Times
Part 2: Encounters
3. Music and God's Cosmic Order: The Great Tradition
4. A Sixteenth-Century Trio
5. Wise Beyond Words
6. Three Musical Theologians
7. Two Theological Musicians
Part 3: Music in a Christian Ecology
8. A Christian Ecology
9. Music in God's World
10. Music in God's Calling
11. Singular Powers
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Author
Jeremy S. Begbie
Jeremy S. Begbie (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Theology and McDonald Agape Director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He served as Honorary Professor of theology at the University of St. Andrews; Associate Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge; and as an affiliated lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. A professionally trained musician, Begbie has lectured widely in the UK, the US, and worldwide, and is the author of a range of articles and books, including Theology, Music and Time; Music, Modernity, and God; and the award-winning Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music.