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Discordant Religion

2020/11/8
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Jeremy Begbie:现代无调性音乐,特别是肖恩伯格的作品,反映了20世纪的文化困境和人们对希望与归宿的迷茫。这种音乐的缺乏调性中心,如同当时人们精神世界的迷失。同时,他强调面对不喜欢的音乐,我们应该先思考其背后的文化背景和创作意图,而不是仅仅从个人喜好出发。他认为,聆听和思考不同类型的音乐,可以帮助我们更好地理解不同的文化和神学内涵。此外,他还探讨了历史上一些基督教派系禁止音乐的原因,指出部分原因是出于对音乐感官性及其情感力量的担忧,以及对音乐被滥用或脱离神而导致负面影响的顾虑。他认为,音乐的情感力量是把双刃剑,既可以用来荣耀上帝,也可能被用于邪恶的目的。在谈到教会音乐时,他批评许多当代教会音乐过于乐观,缺乏对人生全貌的反映,尤其忽略了痛苦和悲伤等负面情绪。他认为教会音乐的词汇量有限,无法充分表达圣经中丰富的情感层次,并呼吁拓宽教会音乐的情感表达范围,以反映人生的丰富性和复杂性。他还提到,哀歌是世界各地普遍存在的音乐形式,但在西方传统中却相对较少见,教会音乐应重视哀歌的表达,以反映现实世界的苦难和冲突。 Kirsty Beilharz:她分享了她从无神论者转变为基督徒的经历,以及这段经历如何加深了她对音乐意义的理解。她认为,梅西安的《时间尽头的四重奏》创作于纳粹集中营,其音乐表达了对永恒和上帝国度的渴望,以及对现实苦难的反思。她认为,音乐是一种语言,能够传达意义,即使是令人不快的音乐也能表达深刻的思想和情感。她还谈到了圣经中关于音乐的记载,表明上帝喜悦人们用音乐来敬拜他,并强调音乐在建立群体归属感中的作用。 John Dixon:他从多个角度探讨了音乐与宗教的关系,包括现代教会音乐的局限性,以及诗篇中哀歌的意义。他指出,许多当代教会音乐过于乐观,缺乏对人生痛苦和挣扎的表达,而诗篇中大量的哀歌则表明上帝接纳人们向他倾诉痛苦和抱怨。他还强调,耶稣在十字架上引用诗篇22篇,肯定了哀歌在与上帝沟通中的重要性。他认为,诗篇中的哀歌不仅仅是向上帝的控诉,更是上帝邀请人们向他表达内心真实感受的体现。

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The episode explores whether music that is dissonant or difficult to listen to can still serve as a means to connect with the divine, discussing the role of music in religious experiences and its ability to convey complex emotions and meanings.

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In Episode 28 (Creation's Music) we spoke with Jeremy Begbie and Kirsty Beilharz about how music can point us to God. But what if it's music we just don't like? What about music that's genuinely *bad. *Or dissonant. What is the purpose of that type of music? Can music that's really hard to listen to still point us to the divine? 

Special thanks to Zondervan Academic, our show sponsor, publishers of *How to Talk about Jesus (without being *that guy) by Sam Chan).

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