claims of Christianity more attractive or of supplying an “extra push” into belief. But if my argument is correct, this works upside down: it demonstrates faith’s rationality without making clear why someone should care about the demonstration. Rationality and truth are essential, but in our context the prior necessity is a demonstration of faith’s generativity and beauty. Indeed, in our postromantic context the aesthetic cannot be bracketed until we adjudicate the truth. The aesthetic dimension