The Music Of Creation, with CD-ROM (Theology and the Sciences Series) [Paperback]

Arthur Peacocke (Author), Ann Pederson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Theology & the Sciences | Publication Date: November 2005

Here Peacocke and Pederson compose a rhapsody on divine creativity in three movements. Through an extended analogy, they reveal how Christian understandings of creation can be brightly lit by scientific insights and approached analogously through examining musical creativity. They also include relevant selections on an accompanying CD-ROM. Composition, fugal arrangement, rhythm and tempo, jazz improvization all shed light on creation. Creation from nothing, continual creation, incarnate creativity, communal or ecclesial creativity, openended future creativity—new ways of thinking about the Christian teaching are illumined and exemplified in musical creativity from Bach to Monk: Prelude First Movement: Creation with Time Second Movement: Creation in Time Bridge Passage: Creation Fulfilled Third Movement:Working at Creation Coda: Ongoing Creation

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About the Author

Arthur Peacocke is a Warden Emeritus at the Society of Ordained Scientists. A biologist, he is also ordained in the Church of England and serves as Chaplain and Honorary Canon at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford. A recipient of the Templeton Prize in Religion, he is best known for his volume Theology in a Scientific Age (2d ed., Fortress Press, 1993).

Ann Pederson is Associate Professor of Religion at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She is author of God, Creation, and All That Jazz (2001) and Where in the World Is God? (1998). The Music of Creation, with CD-ROM Theology and the Sciences series Arthur Peacocke and Ann Pederson Music as a rich resource for a spirituality of creation and creativity.

Product Details

• Paperback: 107 pages
• Publisher: Fortress Press (November 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800637569
• ISBN-13: 978-0800637569
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 7.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,071,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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