What if sounds everywhere lavish divine generosity? Merging insights from Jean-Luc Marion with musical ingenuity from Pierre Boulez and John Cages 433 , 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.
1. Introduction.- 2. A Silent Prayer.- 3. Theological Stocktaking with Pierre Boulez.- 4. The Epistle of 433 .- 5. The Ubiquity of Music and Sacramental Life.- 6. The Spook of Modern Technology and the Generosity of Music.- 7. Conclusion.
Gerald C. Liu is Assistant Professor of Worship and Preaching at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA.
What if sounds everywhere lavish divine generosity? Merging insights from Jean-Luc Marion with musical ingenuity from Pierre Boulez and John Cages 433 , 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.
Argues that sound can manifest divine generosity. Fills a gap in the theological engagement with avant-garde music. Appeals to scholars in areas of music, theology, and phenomenology. Gerald Lius book is an achievement of interdisciplinarity. Creatively synthesizing approaches drawn from a variety of far-flung filÓ³
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