The Spirit of Polyphony

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Musical Pneumatology

Rev Dr Joanna Tarassenko (St Clement’s Church, UK)

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T.& T.Clark Ltd
22 February 2024

Theology

Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics

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.

By: Rev Dr Joanna Tarassenko (St Clement’s Church UK)
Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780567713575
ISBN 10: 0567713571
Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 22 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 Conclusion Chapter Two: A Musico-Theological Invention Introduction A. Polyphony: a musical term B. Polyphony in the prison letters C. A musico-theological invention for love D. A musico-theological invention for life Conclusion Part Two: The Polyphonic Shape of Christian Formation Chapter Three: The Polyphony of Christ Introduction A. A Christological construct B. The Christology Lectures C. The Polyphonic Christ Conclusion Chapter Four: The Contrapuntal Christian Introduction A. Christian formation B. The church through Christ and the Spirit C. Christian formation through the Holy Spirit Conclusion Part Three: Space for the Holy Spirit Chapter Five: A Musico-Pneumatology Introduction A. The ‘indirect but pervasive pneumatology’ of Ethics B. Space and the Spirit in Ethics C. Musico-pneumatology Conclusion Chapter Six: A Spirit Christology acoustically defined A. Pneumatic Chalcedonianism: an orthodox Spirit Christology B. Spirit Christology for Christian formation C. Acoustic space for the Spirit Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography

Joanna Tarassenko is Assistant Curate at St Clement's Church in Oxford, UK.

Reviews for The Spirit of Polyphony: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Musical Pneumatology

The Spirit of Polyphony not only provides a penetrating exposition of musical metaphors in Bonhoeffer’s thought, but also deploys these insights in developing a constructive pneumatology for the church today. In clear and fluid prose, Tarassenko draws on the full range of Bonhoeffer's corpus to provide a compelling model for how through the Spirit divinity and humanity work together in Christ, the believer, and the church as a whole. * Ian A. McFarland, Emory University, USA * 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. * Jeremy Begbie, Duke University, USA *