Research Catalog

Title

Art, education, and cultural renewal : essays in reformational philosophy / Lambert Zuidervaart.

Author

Zuidervaart, Lambert

Publication

• Montréal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queens University Press, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Description

xi, 250 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"What good is art? What is the point of a university education? Can philosophers contribute anything to social liberation? Such questions, both ancient and urgent, are the pulse of reformational philosophy. Inspired by the vision of the Dutch religious and political leader Abraham Kuyper, reformational philosophy pursues social transformation for the common good. In this companion volume to Religion, Truth, and Social Transformation, Lambert Zuidervaart presents a socially engaged philosophy of the arts and higher education. Interacting with the ideas of leading Kuyperian thinkers such as Calvin Seerveld and Nicholas Wolterstorff, Zuidervaart shows why renewal in the arts needs to coincide with political and economic transformation. He also calls for education and research that serve the common good. Deeply rooted in reformational philosophy, his book brings a fresh and inspiring voice to current discussions of religious aesthetics and Christian scholarship. Art, Education, and Cultural Renewal is a testament to the practical and intellectual richness of a unique religious tradition, compelling in its call for social solidarity and cultural critique."--

Subjects

• Reformation
• Popular culture > Philosophy
• Education, Higher > Philosophy
• Christianity > Philosophy
• Art > Philosophy

Note

• Previously published essays

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Toward a shared understanding of the arts -- Francis Schaeffer's worldview and modern arts -- Transforming aesthetics: reflections on the work of Calvin G. Seerveld --Art is no fringe: introduction to The arts, community and cultural democracy -- A tradition transfigured: art and culture in refomational aesthetics -- (Un)timely voyage: Calvin Seerveld's normative aesthetics -- Imagination, art, and civil society -- Salt for humankind: challenges of Christian scholarship --Studying the arts for serviceable insight -- Teaching for transformation: philosophy in the undergraduate curriculum -- Adult children of the enlightenment -- Living water: the future of higher education in the Reformed tradition -- Living at the crossroads: ethical scholarship and the common good -- Spirituality, religion, and the call to love: on being a Christian philosopher.

ISBN

• 9780773550414
• 0773550410
• 9780773550421
• 0773550429
• 9780773550445 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780773550438 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017430489

OCLC

• ocn964327600
• 964327600
• SCSB-1885831

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library