Musics and the Generosity of God

Abstract

Musics and the Generosity of God appeals to French theological phenomenology, a re-translation of Heidegger’s concept of "Ge-Stell," and an analysis of musical compositions from the postwar avant-garde to critique the tendency to reduce the theological significance of music to mere illustrations of preconceived doctrines. Alternatively, the thesis argues that all sounds instantiate divine generosity.