Synopsis: "The conversation between music and theology, dormant for
too long in recent years, is at last gathering pace. And rightly
so. There will always be theologians who will regard music as a
somewhat peripheral concern, too trivial to trouble the serious
scholar, and in any case almost impossible to engage because of its
notorious resistance to words and concepts. But an increasing
number are discovering again what many of our forbears realized
centuries ago, that the kinship between this pervasive feature of
human life and the search for a Christian 'intelligence of faith'
is intimate and ineradicable. Maeve Heaney's ambitious,
wide-ranging, and energetic book pushes the conversation further
forward still. Her approach is unapologetically theological,
grounded in the passions and concerns of mainstream doctrinal
theology. And yet she is insisting . . . that music must be given
its due place in the ecology of theology. Although convinced that
music should not be set up as a rival to linguistic or conceptual
articulation, let alone swallow up 'traditional' modes of
theological language and thought, she is equally convinced that
music is an irreducible means of coming to terms with the world, a
unique vehicle of world-disclosure, and as such, can generate a
particular form of 'understanding': 'there are things which God may
only be saying through music.' If this is so, it is incumbent on
the theologian to listen." --Jeremy Begbie, from the Foreword
Endorsements: "In a daring and inspiring study in theology as an
aesthetic discipline, Heaney explores the role of music in the
aesthetic conversion of people to their real, bodily presence. As
Christian faith teaches that God has revealed and reveals himself
in real, bodily presence, and as our reception of his real presence
demands our real presence, it follows that music can make us
susceptible to God's revelation." --Willem Marie Speelman, Tilburg
University "Heaney offers us a courageously interdisciplinary book
on how music can mediate religious faith. She brings together her
own gifts as composer, performer, and theologian in order to create
a fruitful dialog between musical theory, theological aesthetics,
and a praxis of religious communication. Thus, readers will find
many stimulating pages, ranging from personal testimony to academic
insights." --Michael Paul Gallagher, Gregorian University "It would
be hard to imagine a book more committed to exploring and
celebrating music's theological gifts, present as well as past.
Heaney conveys a marvelous sense of music as a living medium,
resonant with theological significance on multiple levels, and able
to enter into and nurture the transformed, embodied Christian life.
In this multifaceted study, she draws on an impressive (at times
almost overwhelming) array of resources, from ethnomusicology to
theological aesthetics, especially, but not exclusively, Catholic."
--Frank Burch Brown, University of Chicago Divinity School Author
Biography: Maeve Louise Heaney, a missionary of the Verbum Dei
Fraternity, has taught at the Pontifical Gregorian University and
is the 2011-2012 Banaan Fellow of Santa Clara University,
California. She researches and teaches in the areas of fundamental
theology, music, and spirituality.
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