Benedict XVI and beauty in sacred art and architecture

Introduction: sacred space
D. Vincent Twomey SVD

The concept of beauty in the writings of Joseph Ratzinger
George Cardinal Pell

The fairest and the formless: the face of Christ as criterion for Christian beauty according to Joseph Ratzinger
Joseph Murphy

The ‘Triumph of Orthodoxy’ and the future of Western ecclesiastical art
Janet E. Rutherford

What has beauty to do with reason? The philosophical foundations of liturgical aesthetics
Daniel B. Gallagher

Noble simplicity revisited
Alcuin Reid

Benedict XVI and the theological foundations of church architecture
Uwe Michael Lang

The nuptial meaning of classic church architecture
Helen Ratner Dietz

The Galilee chapel: a mediaeval notion come of age
Neil J. Roy

All the great works of art are a manifestation of God: Pope Benedict XVI and the architecture of beauty
Duncan Stroik

The third revival: new Gothic and Romanesque Catholic architecture in North America
Ethan Anthony