Calvin, Luther, and the Arts: Builders or Destroyers? - Lindsay Brown

The poet R.S. Thomas asserted that the Reformers, Luther and Calvin, were “the castrators of the Arts”. But is that true? In this seminar, we examine both Reformers' views of the visual Arts, and trace their legacy, especially in Dutch and German painting, as well as Luther’s revolutionary approach to music, which one historian has called “the secret weapon of the Reformation."

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Lindsay Brown is a native of Wales. He studied European history at Oxford (MA) and theology at the Free Faculty of Theology at Vaux-sur-Seine, near Paris, under Henri Blocher. Lindsay served as the International Director of the Lausanne Movement from 2008-2016. He has worked with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) for the past 45 years in a variety of roles, including serving as International Director. More recently, he has been leading the Fellowship of Evangelists in the Universities of Europe (FEUER). FEUER’s main goal is the development of a Europe-wide network of public university evangelists who work in partnership with indigenous student ministries throughout every country in Europe. He is the author of Shining Like Stars – The Power of the Gospel in the World’s Universities (IVP) and Into All the world – The Missionary Vision of Calvin and Luther (Christian Focus), which was written after a presentation at the European Leadership Forum several years ago.

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