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Music and Spirituality Edited by Edward Foley Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Religions www.mdpi.com/journal/religions Edward Foley (Ed.) Music and Spirituality This book is a reprint of the special issue that appeared in the online open access journal Religions (ISSN 2077-1444) in 2014 (available at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/music_spirituality). Guest Editor Edward Foley Catholic Theological Union 5416 S. Cornell Ave. Chicago, IL 60615, USA Editorial Office MDPI AG Klybeckstrasse 64 Basel, Switzerland Publisher Shu-Kun Lin Production Editor Jeremiah R. Zhang 1. Edition 2015 MDPI • Basel • Beijing • Wuhan ISBN 978-3-03842-099-6 © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. All articles in this volume are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. However, the dissemination and distribution of copies of this book as a whole is restricted to MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. III Table of Contents List of Contributors ............................................................................................................... V Edward Foley Music and Spirituality—Introduction Reprinted from: Religions 2015, 6(2), 638-641 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/6/2/638 ............................................................................IX Peter Bannister The Offence of Beauty in Modern Western Art Music Reprinted from: Religions 2013, 4(4), 687-700 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/4/4/687 .............................................................................. 1 Maeve Louise Heaney Can Music “Mirror” God? A Theological-Hermeneutical exploration of Music in the Light of Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel Reprinted from: Religions 2014, 5(2), 361-384 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/5/2/361 ............................................................................ 16 Chiara Bertoglio A Perfect Chord: Trinity in Music, Music in the Trinity Reprinted from: Religions 2013, 4(4), 485-501 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/4/4/485 ............................................................................ 41 Ivan Moody The Seraphim above: Some Perspectives on the Theology of Orthodox Church Music Reprinted from: Religions 2015, 6(2), 350-364 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/6/2/350 ............................................................................ 58 Paul Westermeyer Music and Spirituality: Reflections from a Western Christian Perspective Reprinted from: Religions 2013, 4(4), 567-583 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/4/4/567 ............................................................................ 73 Innocent Smith Dominican Chant and Dominican Identity Reprinted from: Religions 2014, 5(4), 961-971 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/5/4/961 ............................................................................ 90 IV Michael O’Connor The Liturgical Use of the Organ in the Sixteenth Century: The Judgments of Cajetan and the Dominican Order Reprinted from: Religions 2014, 5(3), 751-766 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/5/3/751 .......................................................................... 101 William Harrison Taylor “To Sing with the Spirit:” Psalms, Hymns and the Spirituality of Late Eighteenth Century American Presbyterians Reprinted from: Religions 2013, 4(4), 657-668 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/4/4/657 .......................................................................... 117 Therese Smith “There is a Higher Height in the Lord”: Music, Worship, and Communication with God Reprinted from: Religions 2015, 6(2), 543-565 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/6/2/543 .......................................................................... 129 Mark Duffett Elvis’ Gospel Music: Between the Secular and the Spiritual? Reprinted from: Religions 2015, 6(1), 182-203 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/6/1/182 .......................................................................... 158 Peter Atkins and Emery Schubert Are Spiritual Experiences through Music seen as Intrinsic or Extrinsic? Reprinted from: Religions 2014, 5(1), 76-89 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/5/1/76 ............................................................................ 180 V List of Contributors Peter Atkins is currently the acting Program Director of Music at Excelsia College, Sydney. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of New South Wales, during which time he was an active member of the Empirical Musicology Group. Having studied Psychology and Education at the University of Tasmania, Peter now also works as the Pastor of Hunters Hill Congregational Church. Through these various responsibilities, he pursues his interests in spirituality and aesthetics. Peter Bannister holds postgraduate degrees in musicology from the University of Cambridge and systematic/philosophical theology from the University of Wales. Among his awards as a musician are the Prix André Caplet for composition from the Institut de France as well as prizes at international competitions in Chartres/Nuremberg (organ) and San Sebastian (composition). His publications in the fields of music and religion include chapters in the following books: Messiaen the Theologian, Twentieth-Century Organ Music, and Mystic Modern: The Music, Thought, and Legacy of Charles Tournemire as well as contributions to Analyse Musicale and Thinking Faith. He currently works for the Université Interdisciplinaire de Paris. Chiara Bertoglio is a concert pianist and musicologist. She obtained piano diplomas from the Conservatory of Turin (1999) and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia (2003), a Laurea specialistica in Musicology (University of Venice, 2006), and a Ph.D. in Music Performance Practice (University of Birmingham, 2012). She performed as a soloist with world-class orchestras and in venues such as the Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, and the Royal Academy in London. She is the author of several books and of articles on musicological topics, which were published by some of the most important international journals; she also recorded several CDs, for labels such as Brilliant Classics, Velut Luna, etc. She is active as a teacher and as a university lecturer, both in Italy and abroad. Her website is www.chiarabertoglio.com. Mark Duffett, is a Senior Lecturer in media and cultural studies at the University of Chester. He is primarily known for academic work on popular music fandom and Elvis Presley. Dr. Duffett’s books include Understanding Fandom (Bloomsbury, 2013) and the edited volume, Popular Music Fandom (Routledge, 2014). Dr. Duffett was also a keynote speaker at the MARS 2012 conference in Finland. He is currently writing a book on debates about Elvis Presley (Equinox Press, 2016). Edward Foley is the Duns Scotus Professor of Spirituality and Professor of Liturgy and Music at Catholic Theological Union. He holds graduate degrees in ministry, music, and theology, including a Ph.D. from Notre Dame. He has released collections of CDs and DVDs, VI authored or edited 23 books, produced 46 book chapters, 41 peer review articles, and almost 200 encyclopedia, dictionary, and pastoral articles, which were translated into 8 languages. He has lectured in places ranging from the catechetical institute in Mumbai to the Mayo Clinic, with audiences ranging from 6000 teens in the Houston Astrodome to graduate students in Brisbane. A Lilly sabbatical Fellow, he presides and preaches at Old St. Pat’s in Chicago. Maeve Louise Heaney, V.D.M.F. was born in Ireland and is a missionary of the Verbum Dei Community and a lecturer in theology at Australian Catholic University. A musician and composer, Dr. Heaney has lived and worked in Spain, England, Ireland, Italy, and Australia while leading schools of evangelization, retreats, and spiritual exercises and teaching theology. She writes on themes concerning theological aesthetics, music, and spirituality and is the author of the book entitled Music as Theology: What Music Has to Say About the Word. In 2014, she released her 4th CD: Break the Crystal Frame, with Willow Publishing, Australia. Ivan Moody studied music and theology at the University of London, the University of Joensuu, and the University of York (where he took his Ph.D.). He studied composition with Brian Dennis, Sir John Tavener, and William Brooks. His music has been performed and broadcast all over the world. He has also been commissioned by, and had his works performed by, many of the world’s most outstanding performers. His largest works to date are Passion and Resurrection (1992), the Akathistos Hymn (1998), and Qohelet (2013). As a musicologist, his work has dealt with the music of the Balkans, contemporary sacred music, and the theology of religious music. He is a researcher at CESEM Universidade Nova, Lisbon. Michael O'Connor (D.Phil., Oxford) is a senior lecturer at St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto. He studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and historical theology at the University of Oxford. A former Warden of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM), he is a Board member of RSCM Canada. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Theology Through the Arts Project. He has published in the areas of early modern theology (a monograph on Cajetan's biblical commentaries is forthcoming), and on liturgy and music.