Suspended God

Name: Suspended God
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780567695604
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Music and a Theology of Doubt

By Dr Maeve Louise Heaney

Summary

Suspended God by Dr Maeve Louise Heaney explores the often overlooked presence of music in Christian theology, examining its influence on thinkers like von Balthasar, Barth, and Bonhoeffer. Using Lonergan's theological framework, the book presents musical composition as a vital theological act, demonstrating how music serves as a powerful symbolic form. Featuring discussions of eleven pioneering theologians, each chapter introduces their ideas alongside an original musical piece available on the companion website, emphasising music's role in expressing and developing faith across time.
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This work is ideal for theologians, musicians, pastors, artists, and anyone interested in the intersection of faith and music. It will particularly appeal to those intrigued by the role of artistic expression in religious thought and development, as well as believers seeking to deepen their understanding of theology through an innovative auditory approach.

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Heaney traces the hidden history of music's presence in Christian thought, including its often unrecognised influence on key figures such as von Balthasar, Barth, and Bonhoeffer. She uses Lonergan's theological framework to explore musical composition as a theological act, showing why, when, and how music is a useful symbolic form.

The book introduces eleven ground-breaking theologians, and each chapter offers an entry point into the thought of the theologian being presented through an original piece of music, which can be found on the companion website: https://bloomsbury.pub/suspended-god.

Heaney argues that music is a universally important means of making sense of life with which theology needs to engage as a means of expression and of development. Musical composition is presented as an appropriate and even necessary form of doing theology in its quest to engage with the past, mediate truth to the present, and tradition it into the future.

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Praised as a groundbreaking contribution to the field of Theopoetics, Suspended God is recognised for presenting music-making as a profoundly theological activity. Richard Gaillardetz highlights its fresh perspective on musicking, while Michael O’Connor emphasises Heaney’s contemplative, practical, and intellectual engagement with faith, inviting a wide audience to consider belief through the lens of music. The book encourages Christians to confidently explore faith with music as a companion in the search for meaning.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780567695604

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 April 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 686g

Pages: 456

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Dr Maeve Louise Heaney Education & Reference Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality

About the Author

Maeve Louise Heaney VDMF is a consecrated member of the Verbum Dei Community and Director of the Xavier Centre for Theological Formation at Australian Catholic University, Australia.