Saving Beauty: A Theological Aesthetics of Nature
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Four Tuesdays, April 14 – May 5, 2026 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. ET.
This program takes place online via Zoom meetings. Registrants will receive access to the recordings afterward.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Plato once wrote that “beautiful things are difficult.” Christian theologians across the centuries have wrestled with that difficulty, seeking to understand what beauty reveals about God, creation, and the human person. Drawing on themes from Saving Beauty: A Theological Aesthetics of Nature, this course explores beauty—especially natural beauty—as a source of religious insight that draws us into healing, community, and hope.
Together we will trace the theological history of natural beauty, consider how experiences of nature reveal both the need for and the promise of salvation, and engage works of art that illuminate the world around us. This course is designed for anyone who has felt awe in the natural world or in an artist’s studio and wondered what beauty discloses and how these experiences matter for faith, ministry, and ecological life today.
Session Outline
- Natural Beauty: A Theological History
- Nature-Beauty and Salvation
- Nature Revealed: Insights from the Arts
- Toward a Theological Aesthetics of Nature