“IN THE ORIGIN, THE SOUND PRECEDES THE SONG”

IMPRESSIONS ABOUT SINGING AND MUSIC IN AUGUSTINE OF HIPONA

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https://doi.org/10.34019/2236-6296.2023.v26.40781

Abstract

This article proposes to analyze three distinct moments of Augustinian reading about the sound phenomenon, thus contributing to a better appropriation of what the author's philosophy dealt with on the subject. This is a theme that is still relatively little known in the area of Augustine of Hippo, although it represented a fundamental apex of the formative proposal organized by the author since his conversion movement to Christianity. First, we take the music from a logical and discursive interpretation. Then, for its catechetical and formative potential. Lastly, what perhaps constitutes the main emphasis of his contribution, namely: the mystical elevation of the human being, beyond the limits of language and the spoken word, as an instrument of the unfathomable, of the divine.

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Author Biography

José Reinaldo Felipe Martins Filho, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás; Instituto de Filosofia e Teologia de Goiás

Pós-Doutor em Teologia, pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Doutor em Filosofia, pela Universidade Federal de Goiás. Doutor em Ciências da Religião, pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, em que atua como docente permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Religião, pertencente à Escola de Formação de Professores e Humanidades, no Setor Leste Universitário, em Goiânia, Goiás.

Published

2023-08-29

How to Cite

MARTINS FILHO, J. R. F. “IN THE ORIGIN, THE SOUND PRECEDES THE SONG”: IMPRESSIONS ABOUT SINGING AND MUSIC IN AUGUSTINE OF HIPONA. Numen, [S. l.], v. 26, n. 1, 2023. DOI: 10.34019/2236-6296.2023.v26.40781. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/numen/article/view/40781. Acesso em: 18 jul. 2024.

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Seção temática: Religião & Música