Seeking Stillness or the Sound of Wings: Scholarly and Artistic Comment on Art Truth and Society in Honour of Lambert Zuidervaart (Currents in Reformational Thought)

Seeking Stillness or The Sound of Wings pays tribute to Lambert Zuidervaart one of the most productive Reformational philosophers of the present generation by picking up the central concerns of his philosophical work--art truth and society--and working with the legacy of his published concern to see what more can be understood about our world in light of that legacy. Zuidervaart is an internationally recognized expert in critical theory especially the work of Theodor Adorno and a leading systematic philosopher in the reformational tradition. His research and teaching range across continental philosophy epistemology social philosophy and philosophy of art with an emphasis on Kant Hegel Marx Heidegger Gadamer and Habermas. He is currently developing a new conception of truth for an allegedly post-truth society. At the Institute for Christian Studies (2002-2016) Zuidervaart held the Herman Dooyeweerd Chair in Social and Political Philosophy and served as founding Director of the Centre for Philosophy Religion and Social Ethics. He was also an Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty and Full Professor status only in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and a member of the Advanced Degree Faculty at the Toronto School of Theology. Zuidervaart is currently a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Philosophy at Calvin University in Grand Rapids Michigan. Seeking Stillness or The Sound of Wings seeks to promote new scholarship emerging from the rich and dynamic tradition of reformational intellectual inquiry. Believing that all scholarly endeavor is rooted in and oriented by deep spiritual commitments reformational scholarship seeks to add its unique Christian voice to discussions about leading questions of life and society. From this source it seeks to contribute to the redemptive transformation and renewal of the various aspects of contemporary society developing currents of thought that open human imagination to alternative future possibilities that may helpfully address the damage we find in present reality. As part of this work Currents in Reformational thought will bring to light the inter-and multi-disciplinary dimensions of this intellectual tradition and promote reformational scholarship that intentionally invites dialogue with other traditions or streams of thought.