The Extravagance of Music

This book explores the ways in which music can engender religious experience, by virtue of its ability to evoke the ineffable and affect how the world is open to us. Arguing against approaches that limit the religious significance of music to an illustrative function, The Extravagance of Music sets...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Religion-Philosophy.
Music-Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music.
ISBN:9783319918181
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: an art open to the divine
  • 2. A generous excess
  • 3. Types of extravagance
  • 4. Discovering god in music's excess
  • 5. Cultured despisers
  • 6. Spilt religion
  • 7. Conclusion.

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