Beauty + Justice: Why We Need Both, with Makoto and Haejin Fujimura

Beauty is often dismissed as a luxury—something secondary to the urgent work of repair. But what if beauty is not peripheral, but essential to healing what is broken?

Trinity Forum Senior Fellow Makoto Fujimura and Haejin Shim Fujimura will be our guides on this question, discussing their new book, Beauty and Justice: Creating a Life of Abundance and Courage. Drawing on their work in the arts and global advocacy, they will consider how cultivating beauty can help us to sustain courage, foster resilience, and contribute to the pursuit of justice.

This episode is drawn from an Online Conversation in 2026. You can view the transcript and other resources here.

Go deeper into the issues discussed in yesterday's Online Conversation with these Trinity Forum Readings:

• Babette's Feast; Isak Dinesen  (Introduction by Makoto Fujimura)
• Four Quartets; T.S. Eliot (Also introduced by Makoto Fujimura)
• Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
• Revelations of Divine Love; Julian of Norwich
• Painting as a Pasttime; Winston Churchill

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