ABSTRACT
Is there some reason to connect belief in an omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly good and loving God with the innate musicality of human beings? Atheism presumably would regard God or gods not only as specious but also entirely unrelated to human fascinations except in some fanciful way or other; ideology could link them, but not in real fact. In the present chapter I want to show not just the possibility of a reasonable and coherent connection between theism and music, but also the depth of such a relationship. This will not be a “proof” or argument for theism but, rather, a discussion that widens the understanding of music in its possible relations to theism.
