Hitler’s public enemy number one wasn’t a general or a spy. He was a Catholic philosopher who wrote about Mozart. Dietrich von Hildebrand fought Hitler at the level of ideas and had Nazis at his door within hours of their march into Austria. Then he was nearly forgotten in America, until a twenty-something decided to spend a gap year translating him. Twenty years later, Christopher Haley, vice president of the Hildebrand Project and head of Hildebrand Press, joins Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein at the Tiny Table to explain why that gap year never ended, and why Hildebrand’s big idea still lands: beauty doesn’t just point to God; it’s where God shows up.

Christopher also makes an unapologetic case for judging a book by its cover, since Hildebrand called beauty the archenemy of mediocrity. Along the way, the BeatiDudes learn why only the saints are normal, why no amount of being a good person adds up to holiness, and why your heart deserves more credit than you’ve been giving it. Then Christopher judges Blessed Are the Joke Makers by deciding nobody deserves second place.

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