The Abbey of Sant’Antimo near Montalcino, Umbria

During my talk at Theology on Tap on Tuesday I offered to make available a list of essays and texts that might be useful for anyone who wants to do some further reading on the subject of beauty. This is far from an exhaustive list, but there are some great things here. If you have any further suggestions, please drop me an email:

• Pope Saint John Paul II, ‘Letter to Artists’ (23 April 1999).
• Pope Benedict XVI, ‘General Audience’ (31 August 2011).
• Pope Benedict XVI, ‘Address to Artists’ (21 November 2009).
• Pontifical Council for Culture, ‘The Via Pulchritudinis’ (27 March 2006).
• S. Caldecott, ‘Beauty for Truth’s Sake’ (2009).
• J. Conley, ‘Ever Ancient, Ever New: The Role of Beauty in the Restoration of Catholic Culture’, Crisis (10 October 2013).
• A. Nichols, ‘Redeeming Beauty’ (2007).
• J. Pieper, ‘Only the lover sings’.
• J. Ratzinger, ‘The Feeling of Things, the Contemplation of Beauty’ (2002).
• J. Saward, ‘The Beauty of Holiness and the Holiness of Beauty’ (1997).
• R. Scruton, ‘Beauty’ (2001).
• R. Scruton, ‘Beauty and Desecration’ in City (Spring 2009, Vol. 19, no. 2).
• D. Stroik, ‘Benedict XVI & the Way of Beauty’, Crisis (21 November 2013).
• R. Topping, ‘Rebuilding Catholic Culture’ (2013).
• ed. D. Twomey, ‘Benedict XVI and Beauty in Sacred Art and Architecture’ (2011).
• ed. D. Twomey, ‘Benedict XVI and Beauty in Sacred Music’ (2011).