Margarita Mooney Clayton: The Wounds of Beauty

What does truth have to do with beauty, and what does beauty have to do with goodness? Princeton Theological Seminary’s Margarita Mooney Clayton and host Eric Metaxas sit down to discuss the meaning of beauty as defined by figures such as St. Augustine, Plato, and C.S. Lewis, and its great significance for a materialistic generation.
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[@realestateunplugged6129]

SPOT ON about the hopelessness of the DMV, as an example of communism. Maximally wasteful and ugly in every sense. If you've ever flown into JFK in NYC from international, re entering the country is like checking into a giant prison. The USA is the new capital of communism as far as I can tell. When I visited Japan, they welcomed me with something I never recieved in the USA. DIGNITY. I had to think about what that was that i was given because i have never recieved that in the USA.

[@edenrosest]

Thank you for the beautiful discussion.

[@susanshoemaker7290]

Eric hit the jackpot with the DMV!!!!much closer to Moscow Smog than anyone would dream!!!hilarious and poignant analogy!!we must keep our 25:29 humor…or indeed our souls will weep!!we have lost so much…

[@debrabernard610]

Please don’t paint all Protestants as not having an understanding of beauty. Only those who don’t have a correct understanding of the Word, both Catholic and Protestant and everything in between, understand that beauty is revelation of Gods character and creation.

[@johnbrown4568]

Dr. Mooney Clayton offers here a description of beauty as a pointer to the transcendent…indeed towards the reality of the Uncreated Creator. Well done indeed 👏

[@lannyheinlen7022]

So true, when you destroy beauty you destroy the image of God in man.

[@LetThereBeLight-wh2cm]

She forgot her pants...

[@christophersandmann]

I guess we're supposed to pretend she's not nearly half naked..

[@rickvassell8349]

I heard myself laughing

[@b.melakail]

It would be great to put Margarita and D.C Shindler in a room together to discuss Beauty and Balthasar

[@debrabernard610]

You don’t have to destroy to redeem, in other words love and grace ❤️

[@list1726]

Thanks for posting

[@margokupelian344]

Mrs. Margarita, I share your concept of beauty . It very much rhymes with Bishop Barrons concept and definition of beauty. No wonder you’re a Catholic. I hope some day I will have the pleasure of listening to you and Bishop Barron discussing this topic. Thank you Eric and God bless! P.S. This would be a good topic to discuss with Jonathan Pageaux as well. This is a very important topic specially in our days when the concept of beauty is so brutally changing.

[@vincentpinto1127]

Eric, your observation around the 10:30 time frame was excellent. Very astute. About how Protestants (I am now one) need to learn a lot from the Roman Catholics (I was one). Very well made, and carefully enunciated. It kind of seemed to go right over her head. I really dont know why!!! Very sad.

[@loriforges6304]

Much improved speech patterns since last interview. At 23:15 her voice goes up as if asking a question when she is making statements.

[@truincanada]

Mrs. Clayton thank you for this important statement on unity vs. divide producing progress. Beauty must be recognized as THE important inflection moving the world. John Dewey. Yes.

[@ohitsustu1835]

Get born again Mr M

[@thecosmos-lt9yg]

Atheism is not communism, and the other things you have unfairly associated it with.

[@masterbuilder3166]

May not be, but they are kissing cousins. Just sayin

[@GTRalso]

but Communism is most definitely atheism. That’s the crux

[@thecosmos-lt9yg]

That's false. Ayn Rand, for example, was an atheist, and a staunch anti-communist advocate. There is nothing about being an atheist that requires anyone to also be a communist. Any more than someone who believes in a god is required to deny evolution. @@masterbuilder3166

[@iceman4660]

True however communism is atheistic to it's core.