Self-Destruction as Love? Kenosis at the Conclusion of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot
In a letter written in 1864, Fyodor Dostoevsky gives a memorable account of the self as an obstacle to the act of Christ-like love:…
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The Problem of Hierarchy in The Idiot
Many may wonder if the dogmatic claims in doctrinal statements such as the Apostle’s Creed are still true or relevant to the lives of…
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The Immature Christ: Childish Compassion in Dostoevsky’s The Idiot
‘Well that’s … the sort of thing you read about in novels! Prince, darling, that’s all old-fashioned nonsense, the world has grown wiser nowadays’….
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An Astonishing Face: Encounters with the Other in The Idiot
‘I can’t understand how one can pass a tree and not be happy at seeing it! Talk to a man and not be happy…
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The Difficulty of Christ’s Death in Ippolit’s ‘Necessary Explanation’
‘Is it right, Prince, that you once said the world would be saved by “beauty”?’ ‘What is there for me in all this beauty,…
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Dostoevsky and the Doctrinal Imagination
Editor’s note: This article by ITIA Lecturer Rebekah Lamb begins our series on ‘Dostoevsky and Christian Doctrine’. Dr. Lamb explains the genesis of the…
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The Art of Advent: O Emmanuel
[EDITOR’S NOTE: As our series on The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day from Advent to Epiphany by Jane Williams concludes for Christmas, Kevin Antlitz…
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The Art of Advent: O Rex Gentium
[EDITOR’S NOTE: As our series on The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day by Jane Williams continues, Tristan Cowell reflects on the Great Antiphon…
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The Art of Advent: O Oriens
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This week in our series on The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day by Jane Williams, Regular Contributor Ewan Bowlby reflects on…
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