Monday, April 26, 2021

Aesthetics and the Christian Musician- part 1

 

Aesthetics and the Christian Musician- part 1

Aesthetics is that area of philosophy that considers the perception of the beautiful as distinguished from the moral of the useful.  Christian musicians often wonder just where Christocentric music philosophy fits in to a Christian aesthetic.  One thing is sure, God is interested in beauty.  We know that He is since when we look around us we can see that His creation is not only useful but also very, very beautiful.  A part of God’s creation being very good is evidenced, among other things, by its beauty. Genesis 1:31states very clearly, “And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good (maod towb 3966 2896).”  Maod towb connotes a creation that was exceedingly beautiful or best.

As always, the Christian is concerned with where to start when building a philosophy of artistic beauty.  One thing we know, that in the beginning God created everything that is beautiful.  Since music was a part of His creation, we know from the Genesis record that the beauty that God created was very good so therefore His creation of beauty was exceedingly beautiful. 

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