Jeremy Begbie is associate principal at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, England, a lecturer in theology at the University of Cambridge and the author of Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music.
There can be little doubt that Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) is the most profoundly theological composer of the 20th century. Virtually all his pieces bear some form of explicit Christian intent or reference.
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