Calvin Seerveld (b. 1930 in New York), professor Emeritus in Aesthetics at the Institute for Christian Studies (ICS), Toronto, received an MA in English literature and classics from the University of Michigan in 1953. He then went on to study under D. H. Th. Vollenhoven at the Free University in Amsterdam before beining to teach philosophical aesthetics at the ICS. He is the author of a number of important books, including Rainbows for a Fallen World.
Most of Calvin Seerveld's books can be obtained from Toronto Tuppence Press:
Articles
General
- Christian faith for today. Vanguard (Jan/Feb 1972): 7-9.[pdf]
- God's gifts our thank offering - an interview[pdf] ABC Radio Insight programe July 1987.
The Bible
- Reading the Bible and understanding art [pdf] The gist of an illustrated lecture (2001).
- Reading the Bible like a grown-up child [pdf] Banner (June 1995); also in Comment (June 2006): 12-15.
Philosophy
- A Christian tin-can theory of man JASA 33 (1981): 74-81; also in In the Fields of the Lord.[pdf]
- Pain is a four-letter word[pdf] Reformed Worship No 72
- Philosophy as schooled memory Anakainosis 5 (1) (1982): 1-6; also in In the Fields of the Lord.[pdf]
Education
- Reformational Christian philosophy and Christian college education [pdf] IAPACHE Newsletter 14 (1) (2002)
Art and art history
- The gift of artistry - God's clothing for human life [pdf]
- Creativity [pdf] Big Picture 1 (3) (Trinity 1999): 5-6, 31-32.
- Vollenhoven's legacy for art historiography. Philosophia Reformata 58(1983): 49-79. [4.8 MB pdf]
- Towards a cartographic methodology for art. J. Aesthetics and Art Criticism 39 (2) (1980): 143-154. [pdf]
On Proverbs from Vanguard's 'Take hold of God and pull' series from 1972-1975:
- Prov 25: 11-15. (March/ April 1972): 5, 34.
- 'Will you be a joke to God?' (Prov 24) (Jan/ Feb 1973): 15, 30-31.
- 'Tomorrow is the gift of the Lord' Prov 27: 1-11(1973): 24-6.
- Prov 27. (Dec 1973): 30-31.
- 'Proverbs 27 again' (March/ April 1974): 24-5.
- 'Uncover wrong to heal things straight' (Prov 25:2-10) (May/ June 1974): 30-31.
- 'The evil of authoritarianism' (Prov 29) (Sept/Oct 1975).
- 'How God's word in Proverbs communicates' (May/ June 1975: 10-11).
All articles are (c) Calvin Seerveld and are used by permission.
