🌐 God for God’s sake: Learning theology from aesthetics

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March 19, 2026

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God for God’s sake: Learning theology from aesthetics

In a previous post, I wrote about having the joy of reading Aesthetics in a redwood forest in the hills near Santa Cruz. It was a great way to pass the time as my wife was on a photo walk with a group of photographers. As I was reading, an old concept hit me in a new way. I’m not sure why. Maybe it was because I was reading in such a sublime location. Or, because my current work requires that I think about aesthetics in a more theological way. Either way, as I read something really hit me.....

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