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Degrees

  • Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
  • M.A., Claremont Graduate University
  • B.M., Biola University

Biography

Dr. Christie George is a musicologist and philosopher of aesthetics who holds a doctoral degree from Claremont Graduate University. Her research focuses on the linguistic and philosophical implications that attend the concept of “Taste” as it is presented in 18th-century philosophical and musical treatises. Since her initial dissertation, George’s work has expanded into the areas of phenomenology and theological aesthetics, with special focus on the work of Jean-Luc Marion. She has written and presented on topics including taste, the philosophy of art, German Idealism, the role of the self in experiences of worship and the phenomenology of Jean-Luc Marion at conferences in the U.S. and Europe.

Affiliations

  • American Society for Aesthetics
  • Society for Christian Scholarship in Music
  • European Society for Aesthetics
  • American Musicological Society

Awards

  • William M. McCreery Teaching Award –– Sterling College –– 2025 –– Sterling, KS
  • Friedman Award –– School of Arts and Humanities, Claremont Graduate University –– 2019 –– Claremont, CA
  • Spanier-Ladwig German Award –– School of Arts and Humanities, Claremont Graduate University –– 2019 –– Claremont, CA
  • Fernandez Prize in Music –– Claremont Graduate University –– 2015 –– Claremont, CA
  • Piano Department Faculty Award –– Biola University –– 2013 –– La Mirada, CA
  • Marget Bascomb Sanders Award –– Biola University –– 2012 –– La Mirada, CA

Publications

Book Chapters

  • “On the Myth of Arrival: Learning to Inhabit the ‘Still Point,’” in Purpose and Joy: Sustaining a Meaningful Career in Christian Higher Education, George, C., ed. Lefebvre, E. and VanEyk, K. (Abilene Christian University Press, 2026), forthcoming.
  • “The Prescription of Liturgy for the Problem of Blindness in the Thought of Jean-Luc Marion,” in Art, Desire, and God: Phenomenological Perspectives, George, C., ed. Grove, K., Rios, C., and Nutter, T. (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023).

Presentations

  • Society for Christian Scholarship in Music, Annual Meeting, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. Presented on “What Do We Worship? Recovering Taste in Liturgical Praxis.” March 2024.
  • Invited Talk, Friends University, Wichita, Kansas. Presented on “Pedagogy that Teaches the Soul to See.” March 2024.
  • European Society for Aesthetics, Annual Conference, Talinn, Estonia. Presented on “Good Taste and the Ideal: An Appeal to the Philosophical System of F. W. J. Schelling in a Renewed Examination of Good Taste.” June 2021.
  • Society for Christian Scholarship in Music, Annual Meeting, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia,. Presented on “Can Worship Songs ӣƵ Me Be Good? The Surprising Value of the CCM Movement as Viewed Through Marion’s Phenomenological Lens.” February 2021.
  • Art, Desire, and God: Phenomenological Perspectives Conference, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana,. Presented on “The Prescription of Liturgy for the Problem of Blindness in the Thought of Jean-Luc Marion.” October 2020.
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