Luminous: Conversations On Sacred Arts

Guest Makoto Fujimura, a celebrated visual artist, reflects on the meeting place between art and faith, the church's role in creating beauty, co-creating with God, the choice between explicit and abstract depictions in visual art, finding beauty in brokenness, collaboration and connectivity with musicians, and the importance of spirituality and beauty in creating meaningful art.

Long-time professor of Liturgy and Music History, at Yale and Notre Dame, Margot talks with Peter about her work on Hildegard of Bingen—12th-century mystic, poet, musician, theologian—and how music, text, and cosmology can all come together in a harmonious whole.

Professor Junius Johnson, a musician and theologian, has written eloquently about a theology of beauty. He talks with Peter about how there’s no accounting for taste — or is there?

David Rothenberg, musician, philosopher, professor discusses his work recording birdsongs, playing music with birds, and exploring the relationship between music, nature, and technology. They also explore the concept of understanding and the limitations of human comprehension, animals praising, and the significance of humans in the grand universe.