Cultivating Ears to Hear Beauty’s Call
byAttending St. Andrews, I found myself one of the few defenders of natural theology, surrounded by a chorus of (very polite) Barthian “Neins!” It…
Beauty
“The Senses Are Not Content to Take Second Place”: Body, Art and Temptation in Augustine’s Confessions
byAugustine occupies a unique place in the history of theological aesthetics. In a sense, the whole of Western theological aesthetics is couched in Augustine’s…
Reviews: Theological Aesthetics, Bridge to Wonder, and Arts of Wonder
byRichard Viladesau. Theological Aesthetics: God in Imagination, Beauty, and Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, xi + 294 pp. £17.99/$27.95 paper. A classic in the field,…
Worship and Identity: The Role of Beauty in the Church
byA church service may look like a gathering of very ordinary people – with all our sins and weaknesses – but that is just…
Finding Beauty through the Practice of Creating: An Artist’s Reflection
byI am a painter, designer, curator and creative strategist living and working in Philadelphia who trained in painting and design at The University of…
Engaging Contemporary Culture with the Beauty of Jesus
byEven if beauty is hard to define and difficult to pinpoint, most people in contemporary culture seem compelled to engage with beauty in some…
Jeremy Begbie on Beauty
byAmid the expanding bustle between theology and the arts, the topic of beauty seems to be ever more attractive. Among theologians it is proving…