Martin Luther and musically expressed theology

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dc.contributor.authorHough, Adam
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-06T23:54:35Z
dc.date.available2026-02-06T23:54:35Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis paper seeks a reappraisal of Martin Luther’s complex understanding of theology’s place in the social and political reformation of 16th–century Germany. Here I seek to reintroduce an element of that theology that has been largely absent from mainstream scholarship: music. Building on Robin Leaver’s influential 2007 work, Luther’s Liturgical Music, wherein he argues that Luther’s liturgical song–writing ought to be understood theologically, I will demonstrate how the reformer sought to use a musically expressed theology to build a foundation of faith among the German laity– a prerequisite, he believed, to a successful reformation of Christian religion and society. Luther’s answer to the failures of the early evangelical Reformation was an educational programme centred on teaching a theology of the Psalms through music.
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduate
dc.identifier.citationHough, A. (2012). Martin Luther and musically expressed theology. Illumine, 11(1), 27–49. https://doi.org/10.18357/illumine.hougha.1112012
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18357/illumine.hougha.1112012
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23261
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIllumine
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectMartin Luther
dc.subjecttheology
dc.subjectGermany
dc.subject16th century
dc.subjectliturgical music
dc.subjectreformation|christianity
dc.subjectPsalms
dc.subjectreligion
dc.subjectsociety
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjectIllumine
dc.subjectCSRS
dc.subjectUVic
dc.subjectUniversity of Victoria
dc.subjectCentre for Studies in Religion and Society
dc.titleMartin Luther and musically expressed theology
dc.typeArticle

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