Beauty Speaks: Christianity’s Forgotten Apologetic

by Bryan Baise

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2025

Overview

How Christianity Provides the Most Convincing Explanation for Beauty

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” After spending time in nature or witnessing an awe-inducing phenomenon, it’s hard to believe that the feeling of beauty is merely a matter of personal preference developed over time. Proposing that beauty is not accidental or circumstantial, this book argues that it is a fundamental quality woven into the very fabric of our created world.

Beauty Speaks shows how the Christian faith provides the most convincing explanation for the existence and experience of beauty. Divided into three thought-provoking yet accessible sections, author Bryan Baise explains a brief theology of beauty, explores how beauty discloses its presence, and highlights potential roadblocks to recognizing beauty in our world today—technology, a lack of play, and an inability to see the relationship between beauty and morality. Readers will gain a new perspective on this often forgotten apologetic—a lens through the eyes of their Creator, the one who made them beautiful in his image.

Practical Themes: Shows how beauty is meant to shape our faith and highlights its potential roadblocks to being recognized in our world today

Accessible: Makes an often forgotten apologetic attainable to the everyday Christian and makes a case for Christianity for unbelievers

Written for Artists: Perfect for those engaging in the arts, college and grad students, and pastors who want to explore beauty with their congregations

Key Features

• Explores how beauty discloses its presence
• Highlights potential roadblocks to recognizing beauty in our world today
• Shows how the Christian faith provides the most convincing explanation for the existence and experience of beauty

Contents

• Introduction
• How Did We Get Here? Why Beliefs Need Beauty

Part 1: Why Beauty Matters: A Brief Theological Grammar

• Chapter 1: Beauty, Goodness, and Truth
• Chapter 2: Beauty Speaks through the Bible

Part 2: Beauty’s Presence

• Chapter 3: Beauty Speaks in the Arts
• Chapter 4: Beauty Speaks in Nature
• Chapter 5: Beauty Speaks in the Everyday

Part 3: Beauty’s Promise

• Chapter 6: Beauty Plays
• Chapter 7: Beauty Speaks Morally
• Chapter 8: Beauty Speaks against Technique
• Conclusion: Beauty Didn’t Save the World. It Saved Mine

Product Details

• Title: Beauty Speaks: Christianity’s Forgotten Apologetic
• Author: Bryan Baise
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Pages: 184
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:BTSPCTFGAP
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-08T18:41:18Z

About Bryan Baise

Bryan Baise (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of philosophy and apologetics at Boyce College, where he serves as the director of the Augustine Honors Collegium as well as directing the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and Worldview and Apologetics programs. Baise’s other writings, including contributions to academic volumes, can be found online in places like Mere Orthodoxy, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, and the Gospel Coalition. He lives in Louisville with his wife and three children.