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The Dostoevsky scholar Robert Louis Jackson said Dostoevsky's becoming is, of course, our own becoming; to know Dostoevsky has been to know our century and ourselves. Remembering the End: Dostoevsky as Prophet to Modernity pursues this statement while elucidating the spiritual realism of Dostoevsky's Biblically charged literary art. Dostoevsky was one of those writers of the nineteenth century who came to be regarded by many readers in the following century as a prophet. How does he remain prophetic for us now, in the early twenty-first century? Remembering the End explores and assesses Dostoevsky's critique of modernity, with particular focus on the Grand Inquisitor (in The Brothers Karamazov), where his prophetic vision finds its most intense expression. The authors write to elucidate the spiritual realism of Dostoevsky's Biblically charged literary art, and to show how it can help us to remember who we are in this modern/postmodern moment in which--as individuals and members of communities--we are required to make critical choices about the meaning of justice, history, truth and happiness. The book will be of interest to readers in a wide range of areas: comparative literature, ethics, political theory, philosophy, religious studies and theology. "This book is going to serve as a reliable addition to Dostoevsky scholarship, bridging literary criticism and theological exploration of his writing.... An erudite and highly readable investigation of the thought and fiction of Dostoevsky." -Vigen Guroian, Loyola College "The great virtue of Kroeker and Ward's book is that its theological orientation is unabashed: Dostoevsky's work, especially The Brothers Karamazov, is understood by them as a tool or resource for theological reflection." -Alan Jacobs, Wheaton College
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