The Beauty of God: Beauty, the Divine Attributes, and the Life of Faith

by Ben Pugh

Publisher:

Cascade Books

, 2023

Ever get the feeling that so much of what we give our time to is an exercise in missing the point? The path towards recovering meaning, purpose, and right order in our lives is the path towards a fresh vision of our Creator. Here, in this short book, you get to contemplate God. From sixteen different angles you will have the chance to dwell upon who God is: what we call the divine attributes. It will remind you of why God is worthy of worship and, in the process, it may just realign your priorities.

Praise for The Beauty of God

“In The Beauty of God, Pugh offers a refreshing antidote to the opening pages of many systematic theologies, where the treatment of God’s attributes sits somewhat detached from the reader’s life of faith. In this devotional offering, Pugh demonstrates, with reference to Scripture and his own faith journey, that knowledge of God is not gained through studying and contemplating God, but by allowing God to disclose himself to us. The Beauty of God is an invitation into this relational experience.”

—Sandra Brower, Academic Delivery Director, Cliff College



“This is an accessible yet thought-provoking book. Pugh’s refreshing approach enables us to consider the divine attributes, as traditionally conceived, through the lens of beauty. The first and final chapters in particular open the door for original theological speculations under the influence of art and aesthetics. The book is a fine resource for teaching and reflection, commendable for its range of references from the Psalms to Salvador Dalí.”

—Daniel Gustafsson, author of Fordings

Product Details

• Title: The Beauty of God: Beauty, the Divine Attributes, and the Life of Faith
• Author: Ben Pugh
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781666750683, 9781666750669, 1666750662, 9781666750676, 1666750670, 1666750689
• Resource ID: LLS:9781666750683
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-12-05T21:41:07Z

About Ben Pugh

Ben Pugh is Lecturer in Theology and Postgraduate Research Program Lead at Cliff College, and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of The King of the Jews: 28 Moments with the Son of God (2014). Ben Pugh first trained as an artist with the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, UK, and still has a love for creative endeavors, especially in written form. After becoming a Christian at the age of nineteen, his love of writing combined with a newfound love for the Bible and a growing interest in Christian doctrine, especially the life-changing truth that we are justified in Christ. In time, this interest in theology led to an MA from Manchester University and a PhD from Bangor. His first full-time academic role was as Director of Postgraduate Studies at Mattersey Hall College which, at the time, could boast of having the largest graduate school of its kind in Europe. However, Ben longed for more time in the classroom engaging with students, and, of course, more time to write theology. Along came the offer of the position of Lecturer in Theology at Cliff College, Derbyshire, where he has been happily employed since 2012. Ben is blessed to work at a desk in what was once Victorian country house from which he can look out across the second most visited national park in the world--Peak District.