Bach unter den Theologen

The question of 'Bach among the theologians' is pursued through the centuries: from Bach's theological influences and contemporaries to the question of forgetting and rediscovering around 1800 to Albert Schweitzer's monumental Bach monograph. It leads to the question of the current relationship of theology to Bach and that of Bach to theology. This volume brings together the eight articles from the theological symposium held in Tübingen as part of the 93rd Bach Festival of the Neue Bachgesellschaft 2018 with the topic 'Bach bearbeitet'. The treatment of Bach, as these articles make clear, is deeply embedded in theological and cultural developments - and Bach always remains more than a piece of cultural memory: he was and is both a challenge and a stimulus.