Transcendence

Junius Johnson describes how Hans Urs von Balthasar’s understanding of Creation resonates with that of C. S. Lewis and Bonaventure, all three of whom served as mentors in his thinking about beauty. (18 minutes)

In excerpts from three interviews, Peter Kreeft discusses our “brave new world”; the importance of integrity in “creed, code, and cult”; and the reality of transcendence in our human story. (36 minutes)

Andrew Root asserts that a Church co-opted by the ethics of "authenticity" has lost its ability to speak of the transcendent and its understanding of what it means to be in Christ. (18 minutes)

Artist, philosopher, and art historian discuss the tension between self-expression, transcendence, and the material world.