Description
Book SynopsisThere is an unresolved tension in Dostoevsky's novels - a tension between believing and not believing in the existence of God. This book enables us to consider the nature of God in the 21st Century through the lens of Dostoevsky's novels.
Trade Review"'The Archbishop of Canterbury has written a book on Dostoevsky which illuminates the real operations of religion in human minds' A. N. Wilson, Times Literary Supplement 'Rowan Williams is an excellent literary critic. He makes you want to read, or reread, everything that Dostoevsky wrote. The books that he describes are spacious enough to contain a whole world, and beautiful enough to serve as icons that illuminate ours' The Guardian 'Although Rowan Williams is very modest about his credentials in writing an important book on Dostoevsky, it is difficult to think of anyone who is better qualified... a remarkable contribution to understanding not just Dostoevsky, but what it might involve to be a religious believer in the world today' Richard Harries, Church Times "...a real feeling for literary narrative... a profound and thought provoking book" Salley Vickers, The Times"
Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. Christ Against the Truth; 2. Devils; 3. The Last Word? Dialogue and Recognition; 4. Exchanging Crosses; 5. Sacrilege and Revelation: The Broken Image; Conclusion; Bibliography.
