“Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever,” wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, reminding us that the human heart longs not merely to understand but to behold.
Beauty, truth, and goodness – those classical transcendentals – have always needed a home, a place where the intellect and imagination can meet, where art is more than ornament and theology more than theory.
Oxford has long been such a place. From the medieval Schoolmen to the Inklings gathered at the Eagle and Child (soon to be re-opened), the city has been a crossroads of faith, learning and artistic creativity. Today, a new initiative seeks to continue that living tradition: the Centre for Theology and the Arts at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford.
