Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle II: Theological and Ethical Issues

Wagners Ring addresses fundamental concerns that have faced humanity down the centuries such as power and violence love and death freedom and fate. Further the work seems particularly relevant today addressing as it does the fresh debates around the created order politics gender and sexuality. In this second of two volumes on the theology of the Ring Richard Bell argues that Wagners approach to these issues may open up new ways forward and offer a fresh perspective on some of the traditional questions of theology such as sacrifice redemption and fundamental questions about God. A linchpin for Bells approach is viewing the Ring in the light of the Jesus of Nazareth sketches which he argues confirms that the artwork does indeed address questions of Christian theology both for those inside and those outside the church.