I want to try to spell out some of the ideas that Rowan Williams lays out in his chapter on the demonic in Dostoevsky’s writing. It is really interesting stuff, also is of interest following the Nightline debate of the Devil which I recently was able to watch and discuss with some folks. I’ll first [...]

I am still listening to the Dreyfus lectures. I am in the middle of his discussion on “The Grand Inquistor”. I have been thinking hard about what Dreyfus has to say about this story which Ivan creates in the larger story of The Brother’s Karamazov. Although I think his lectures are helpful in illuminating certain [...]