“The glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit”
The Summer 2005 issue of Christian History includes a brief appreciation of J.S. Bach by Patrick Cavanaugh. It quotes Bach as saying, “Music’s only purpose should be the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit.”
Calvin Stapert probed the theology of Bach in his book for CICW’s Liturgical Studies Series with Eerdmans, entitled My Only Comfort: Death, Deliverance, and Discipleship in the Music of Bach. Stapert writes:
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