Arthur Peacocke and Ann Pederson reveal how Christian understanding of creation can be brightly lit by contemporary scientific insights and approached analogously by examining musical creativity. Included are relevant selections on an accompanying CD. Composition, fugal arrangement, rhythm and tempo, jazz improvisation — they all shed light on Christian convictions about creation.
"A brilliant idea, brilliantly executed."
— Keith Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Oxford University
"In this unique, delightful and artful book, Ann Pederson and Arthur Peacocke — both leading voices in the 'theology and science' conversations — invite the reader to explore the intertwining paths between musical time, experienced through the unfolding dynamism of musical patterns, and creation time, revealed in the ceaseless movement of the immanent Creator God in the world of nature. I welcome this new genre of literature which compellingly brings together music, time and Christian theology, and I congratulate Ann and Arthur in producing such a marvelous harmony between these diverse voices."
— Robert John Russell, Professor of Theology and Science in Residence, The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, and Founder and Director, The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
"An elegantly written exploration of the sonorous borderlands between theology and music. Not everyone will agree with all that is said theologically, but all who read it are bound to benefit. It should do much to encourage and advance the growing music-theology dialogue."
— Jeremy Begbie, University of St Andrews
