Luiz Sayão — one of Brazil’s foremost theologians, Hebraists, and linguists — leads us into a profound reflection on how evil ideologies transform aesthetics into terror, and on how the light of the Eternal, revealed through sacred art, renews hope, offering deep insights into faith, art, and the human condition.

The cruel Hamas attack in Israel, with its uniquely monstrous profile, was terrifying. What drew attention was the aesthetic element: the art of death. We witnessed horrors filmed and broadcast; yet the unexpected was that the terrorists destroyed the art gallery of Kibbutz Be’eri. Why? What meaning lies in that?

The power of art goes beyond explanation. Its relationship with the sacred........

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