This academic text delves into theological aesthetics, exploring how our perception of beauty connects to the divine. The author, Alex Garcia-Rivera, examines this concept through various lenses, including Hispanic theology, the nature of signs and symbols, and philosophical ideas from figures like Plato and Duns Scotus. A central theme is the idea of "lifting up the lowly," suggesting that divine beauty is revealed in the overlooked and marginalized, particularly through the lens of Our Lady of Guadalupe as a "different beauty" that bridges cultural and racial divides. The work also explores how "seeing the form" of beauty involves a dynamic interplay between objective reality and subjective experience, ultimately revealing a "Community of the Beautiful" where creation and redemption are intertwined in a cosmic liturgy of praise.
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