This essay offers a fresh attempt to bring the neo-Calvinist tradition into dialogue with the arts. The main purpose of this contribution is to apply Abraham Kuyper’s general comments on the arts to the neglected sphere of music. It will be shown that Kuyper’s holistic approach, with his emphasis on common grace, and on art as reflecting the created order while also pointing beyond it, shows distinct affinities with Martin Luther’s view on music. In the past, Christianity has not particularly distinguished itself in its scholarly discourse about art. This study suggests that Kuyper’s neo-Calvinist agenda offers much food for thought for today’s reflections on music and listening.

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路德宗中的凯珀？

这篇文章提供了一种新的尝试，将新加尔文主义传统带入与艺术的对话中。此贡献的主要目的是将亚伯拉罕·凯珀 (Abraham Kuyper) 对艺术的一般性评论应用于被忽视的音乐领域。将表明，Kuyper 的整体方法，他强调共同的优雅，以及反映创造秩序的艺术，同时也指向超越它，显示出与马丁路德音乐观的明显相似之处。过去，基督教在其关于艺术的学术话语中并没有特别突出自己。这项研究表明，Kuyper 的新加尔文主义议程为当今对音乐和听力的反思提供了很多思考的食物。