language and the arts powerless to embody the kinds of truths that lie at the heart of orthodox Christianity. After explaining in lay terms how deconstruction has threatened the very meaning of meaning, I shall argue that the church, far from answering this challenge, has been an unwitting accomplice in the postmodern assault on the meaningfulness of the arts. With the help of Lewis, I shall then attempt to fashion an aesthetics of incarnation, one that will not only speak to the potential of the arts