Session Description
How can a consideration of one of the most divisive issues during the Reformation helpfully inform the church’s corporate worship today? Questions surrounding the theology and practice of the church’s sacraments—including their number, their nature, and their function—were among the most hotly contested issues during the Reformation. Likewise, the category of sacrament has been appealed to in recent considerations of the arts and their place in the life of the church. In this session, participants will consider what we can learn from the sacramental life of the Reformed church and how that can inform our understanding of the potential role of the arts in its worship today.
Conference Title
2016 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-29-2016
Event Type
Workshop/Seminar
Type (recording/text)
Text
Topic
Liturgical Arts
Keywords:
Reformation, Sacraments, Division
Recommended Citation
McNutt, David, "How Can Art Bring About Such a Great Thing?" (2016). Symposium on Worship Archive. 21.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2016/allitems/21
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How Can Art Bring About Such a Great Thing?
How can a consideration of one of the most divisive issues during the Reformation helpfully inform the church’s corporate worship today? Questions surrounding the theology and practice of the church’s sacraments—including their number, their nature, and their function—were among the most hotly contested issues during the Reformation. Likewise, the category of sacrament has been appealed to in recent considerations of the arts and their place in the life of the church. In this session, participants will consider what we can learn from the sacramental life of the Reformed church and how that can inform our understanding of the potential role of the arts in its worship today.