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Zusatztext In The Spirit of Polyphony, Tarassenko has done a remarkable job, and on two fronts. First, she demonstrates that far from being a peripheral matter for Bonhoeffer, music was critically important in shaping his theological mind. Second, she has shown that a study of this dimension of Bonhoeffer’s work yields nothing less than the outline of a fresh and compelling pneumatology for today. This is constructive theology at the highest level. Informationen zum Autor Joanna Tarassenko is Assistant Curate at St Clement’s Church, UK Klappentext This book re-examines how Bonhoeffer employs musical patterns of thought and language to a theological end. It outlines how the significance of Bonhoeffer's musico-theology has not been sufficiently recognised, and sets the stage for a rigorous re-examination. It becomes clear that through the lens of his musical metaphor of polyphony, Bonhoeffer demonstrates how his account of Christian formation contains a latent pneumatology. Tarassenko demonstrates that incorporation of this pneumatology is key in deepening one's understanding of Bonhoeffer. It allows the relationship between Christology and Christian formation in Bonhoeffer's thought to become fully realised. The appeal to polyphony articulates this pneumatology, as an indirect but nevertheless exceedingly successful means of contouring an account of the Spirit's work. Vorwort This book is an exploration of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s appeal to musical metaphors which correspond to a pneumatology, one which has been largely overlooked. Zusammenfassung This book re-examines how Bonhoeffer employs musical patterns of thought and language to a theological end. It outlines how the significance of Bonhoeffer’s musico-theology has not been sufficiently recognised, and sets the stage for a rigorous re-examination. It becomes clear that through the lens of his musical metaphor of polyphony, Bonhoeffer demonstrates how his account of Christian formation contains a latent pneumatology. Tarassenko demonstrates that incorporation of this pneumatology is key in deepening one’s understanding of Bonhoeffer. It allows the relationship between Christology and Christian formation in Bonhoeffer’s thought to become fully realised. The appeal to polyphony articulates this pneumatology, as an indirect but nevertheless exceedingly successful means of contouring an account of the Spirit’s work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Musico-Theology Chapter One: A Musico-Theological Life Introduction A. Bonhoeffer’s musical existence B. Bonhoeffer’s musico-theological imagination 1. Aesthetic existence 2. The music of Heinrich Schütz and recapitulation 3. Bach’s Art of Fugue and Eschatology Conclusio...
