“In einem Augenblick”: Christian naturalism, death, and Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem”

What is it about?

This paper offers a Christian naturalist reading of Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem. It first lays out some of the basic commitments of Christian naturalism and the challenge that death presents to such a theological framework. Then the paper shows how the Requiem provides resources for thinking about death within that framework.

Featured Image

Why is it important?

Not many religious naturalists commit their work to exploring what that naturalism would look like if done from a particular tradition, so there is not a lot of work on Christian naturalism. Writings in religious naturalism have also tended to be more philosophical with some work moving into ethics. There is much less that is decidedly theological and even less still that applies itself to the arts.

Perspectives