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About the Author
Michael O'Connor is associate professor at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. Hyun-Ah Kim is fellow of the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies in the University of Toronto, and Hardenberg fellow at Johannes a Lasco Bibliothek. Christina Labriola is doctoral candidate at Regis College, Toronto School of Theology.
Reviews
This is a much-needed volume. As the theology and music conversation develops, it is all too easy to forget the embeddedness of music in webs of social interaction, including the struggle for justice. An imaginative, sophisticated and highly readable collection. -- Jeremy Begbie, Duke University
What can music tell us about the nature of Christian justice? Music, Theology, and Justice teaches us in a probing set of compellingly argued essays spanning the middle ages to the present, from Hildegard to Daft Punk and Mechthild of Hackeborn to Sting...a significant contribution to the growing interdisciplinary field of music theology and an incisive exploration of inter-related concepts, histories and disciplines. -- Bennett Zon, Durham University
This is a deeply moving and strikingly original collection of essays, offering eloquent testimony to the transformative power of music as an agent of Christian ministry. The editors' approach to organizing their far-ranging materials according to the three Old Testament ministerial roles of prophet, shepherd, and priest as embodied in Christ is brilliant, creating a cohesive and compelling demonstration of the profound interlace between music, theology, and justice across an astonishingly wide span of space, time, and musical style. From medieval Germany to modern Bosnia, from plainsong to punk rock, the thirteen contributors chart music's potent ethical capacity to enact, express, and empower positive spiritual and social change. -- M. Jennifer Bloxam, Williams College
Book Information
ISBN 9781498538664
Author Michael O'Connor
Format Hardback
Page Count 250
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 544g
Dimensions(mm) 238mm * 159mm * 26mm