Musics and the Generosity of God
Liu, Gerald Chien
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2013-03-11
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.