| Dostoevsky: A Theological Engagement Contributor(s): Brazier, Ph. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0718895363 ISBN-13: 9780718895365 Publisher: Lutterworth Press OUR PRICE: $28.71 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts - Religion | Theology - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 891.733 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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| Publisher Description: As a writer and prophet Dostoevsky was no academic theologian, yet his writings are deeply theological: his life, beliefs, even his epilepsy, all had a role in generating histheology and eschatology. Dostoevsky's novels are riven with paradoxes, aredeeply dialectical, and represent a criticism of religion, offered in the service of the gospel. In this task he presented a profound understanding and portrait of humanity. Dostoevsky's novels chart the movement of the human into death: either the movement through paradox and Christlikeness into Christ's cross (a soteriology often characterized by the apophatic negation and self-denial; what we may term 'the Mark of Abel') leading to salvation and resurrection; or, conversely, the movement of those who refuse Christ's invitation to be redeemed, and continue to fall into a self-willed death and a selfgenerated hell ('the Mark of Cain'). This eschatology becomes a theological axiom which he unceasingly warned people of in his mature works. Startlingly original, stripped of all religious pretence, Dostoevsky as a prophet forewarned of the politicized humanistic delusions of the twentieth century: a prophet crying out through the wilderness. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brazier, P. H.: - An Independent Theologian And Scholar Living In London, P. H. Brazier Holds Degrees In Fine Art (Ba), Education (Mphil), And Systematic Theology (Ma And Phd). He Has Published Widely In Theology And Philosophy, Including A Five-Volume Systematic Analysis Of C. S. Lewis's Theology. |