Sacramental Spirituality in the Brothers Karamazov and Wendell Berry’s Port William Characters
This article examines anti-dualism in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, kenotic theōsis in Father Zosima, and the pansacramental vision of Wendell Berry’s Port William Characters, all of which exhibit a spirituality connected to the sensual as mediated through sacramental categories. This yields...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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Literature and theology
Year: 2013, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 345-363 |
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| Summary: | This article examines anti-dualism in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, kenotic theōsis in Father Zosima, and the pansacramental vision of Wendell Berry’s Port William Characters, all of which exhibit a spirituality connected to the sensual as mediated through sacramental categories. This yields a sacramental spirituality that results in a way ‘of apprehending the whole of reality’—a new ‘way of seeing’. The strength of employing sacramental language, which can successfully mediate between God and world, allows for the retention of an immanent God that dwells in the world, yet is not reduced to the world as such. The gifted prose of Dostoevsky and Berry assists in articulating this spirituality in a manner that strict philosophy and theology might not otherwise be able to do. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frs034 |