Art and the Reformation with Guest Dr. Dan van Voorhis

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🗓️ 4 February 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Bob Hiller is joined by Dan van Voorhis to discuss a theology of the arts and how Reformational theology, and Lutheran theology specifically, instructs Christians on the place of art as we live coram deo (in the presence of God). They discuss if art can be “redeemed,” cultivating good taste in art, differences in Lutheran and Reformed traditions, and more.

After receiving his Ph.D. in History from the University of St. Andrews, Dr. van Voorhis spent 11 years teaching history and political thought at Concordia University, Irvine. He is now the 1517 Academy Dean. He also spends his time writing for 1517 and hosting the Soul of Christianity and the Christian History Almanac podcasts.

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0:00.0	So what kind of impact do we see the reformation having on the arts at least from the
0:07.7	Lutheran perspective? Great question. So if you go to Vittenberg, the main drag in Vittenberg, it's about a 15 minute walk from the
0:16.6	monastery that became Luther's home to the castle church where Luther put the 95
0:22.0	Theses. On that street you have Luther's house, which is the
0:26.4	monastery. About two minute walk up on the left hand side you have the Loycarria
0:31.6	where Philip Malanch and T taught and then about two minutes up you
0:35.4	have Lucas Kronox studio and drugstore.
0:40.1	He was an alchemist and a painter. One of the questions we ask in Reformation history is,
0:45.0	why did this reformation take when so many attempts at reform failed?
0:50.0	Right, right.
0:51.0	And I think it's because of those three centers.
0:53.6	It wasn't just the preacher.
0:55.7	It wasn't just the theologian, and it wasn't just the artist,
0:58.6	but it was the preacher, the theologian, and the artist.
1:00.9	And those three working in tandem could really hit all sides of culture. applying the riches of the Reformation to the modern church. This is Whitehorse Sin, a weekly roundtable discussion about theology
1:26.2	and culture. After receiving his PhD in history from the University of St Andrews, Dr Daniel
1:42.4	Van Voorhes spent 11 years teaching history
1:45.4	and political thought at Concordia University in Irvine. He also spends his time now
1:50.3	writing for 1517 and hosting and producing a podcast called the Christian History
1:55.7	Almanac which you can hear every day on the 1517 podcast network and on Saturdays
2:01.5	he does a long form show which is really
2:04.0	frankly one of my favorite podcasts that I listen to so I'm very excited today to have
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