In K.E. Løgstrup’s (1905–1981) theology, the point of intersection between phenomenology and systematic theology is our life experiences. In this article, Løgstrup’s way of combining phenomenology and theology is explored from the 1930s to the 1970s. The idea that life is not an amorphous abyss, but God’s creation runs like a connecting thread throughout Løgstrup’s oeuvre. This idea negating a...
In the scientific secularisation of the modern worldview, music has lost its transcendent point of reference, taken for granted in pre-modern times. However, Protestant theology has contributed to this secularisation by a strict separation between (platonic) eros and (Christian) agape, and rejection of any kind of metaphysics. Consequently, and contrary to Martin Luther, music is from a...