{"id":2232,"date":"2024-09-24T18:11:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/programs\/conference\/?page_id=2232"},"modified":"2024-09-24T18:12:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:12:26","slug":"braided-beauty-herman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/programs\/conference\/2024-mass\/2024-speakers-artists\/braided-beauty-herman\/","title":{"rendered":"Braided-Beauty: A Cord of Three Strands That Must Not be Broken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"499\" data-attachment-id=\"1932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/programs\/conference\/2024-mass\/2024-speakers-artists\/artworks-000149366949-mupvoq-t500x500\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/programs\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/artworks-000149366949-mupvoq-t500x500.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"356,499\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"artworks-000149366949-mupvoq-t500x500\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/programs\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/artworks-000149366949-mupvoq-t500x500-214x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/programs\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/artworks-000149366949-mupvoq-t500x500.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/programs\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/artworks-000149366949-mupvoq-t500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/programs\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/artworks-000149366949-mupvoq-t500x500.jpg 356w, https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/programs\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/artworks-000149366949-mupvoq-t500x500-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar spoke of Beauty as one of the three transcendental \u201csisters\u201d\u2014Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. He further declared that when it is diminished or exiled, Beauty takes along with herself her sisters\u2013\u2013in an act of mysterious vengeance. In his plenary address on the opening night of the 2024 C.S. Lewis Conference &amp; Faculty Forum, painter and writer Bruce Herman will address this threefold interwoven mystery via an exploration of contemporary religious art\u2014particularly as it reveals the loss and recovery of Beauty as God\u2019s self-portrait in Christ. Examples of Herman\u2019s art will be on exhibit during the conference, and he will be reading brief excerpts from his forthcoming book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/makers-by-nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Makers by Nature<\/em><\/a>.*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar spoke of Beauty as one of the three transcendental \u201csisters\u201d\u2014Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. 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