<p>According to the Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, a world that has lost sight of beauty is a world riddled with skepticism, moral and aesthetic relativism, conflicting religious worldviews, and escalating ecological crises. In <em>The Eclipse and Recovery of Beauty</em>, John D. Dadosky uses Kierkegaard and Nietzsche’s negative aesthetics to outline the context of that loss, and presents an argument for reclaiming beauty as a metaphysical property of being.</p><p>Inspired by Bernard Lonergan’s philosophy of consciousness, Dadosky presents a philosophy of beauty that is grounded in contemporary Thomistic thought. Responding to Balthasar, he argues for a concept of beauty that can be experienced, understood, judged, created, contemplated, and even loved.</p><p>Deeply engaged with the work of Aquinas, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Kant, among others, <em>The Eclipse and Recovery of </em><em>Beauty</em> will be essential reading for those interested in contemporary philosophy and theology.</p>