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Jazz and Christian Freedom: Improvising Against the Grain of the West

by Bradley K. Broadhead
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781532649592
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Pickwick Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Pickwick Publications
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  • Pages: 244
  • Original Price: GBP 27.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 332 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Christian Theology / Liberation and Christian Theology / Systematic

Contemporary Western society has a strange relationship with freedom. Unbridled subjective liberty and narrow fundamentalism pull away from each other in mutual loathing while sociological forces seek to manipulate both sides. The church needs to recover and reconstruct a theology of freedom to navigate between the perils of both extremes and to avoid being manipulated by these forces. Just as biblical figures are taught through parables and metaphors, this book uses jazz improvisation as an analogy for Christian freedom. Just as jazz improvisation relies on successfully navigating constraints such as the history and traditions of jazz, jazz theory, and musical instruments, so Christian freedom also relies on constraints such as the biblical canon, church history, theology, and the church itself. Through understanding the freedom jazz musicians enjoy in making music together, we can better understand how Christian freedom might be enacted in daily life. If Western churches discover and enact Christian freedom in a meaningful way, the songs that they improvise will be as siren calls to people in chains.

Broadhead, Bradley K.: - Bradley K. Broadhead is the pastor of Oyen Evangelical Missionary Church, Oyen, Alberta. He has taught courses such as "Theology and Music" and "The Life and Thought of C. S. Lewis" as an adjunct instructor and has published a few articles in the area of theology and music. He has also played in a wide variety of ensembles as a trombonist and has taught low brass for over a decade.

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