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ADVENT 2025
In this issue, we reflect on the legacy of philosopher and aesthetician Calvin Seerveld. Our essayists examine Seerveld’s contributions to art theory and practice and his influence on Christian artists around the world. As usual, our content is diverse, with articles addressing agriculture and migration as aspects of Christian discipleship, practices for reclaiming Advent, the prophetic dimension of music, the ethics of recent tariff policies, church architecture and Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.
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