Table of Contents

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Foreword

Introduction
Part One
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Writer and Prophet
Chapter 1 Ideas and Ideology, Eschatology and Possession
Chapter 2 Formation and Influences
Part Two
Dostoevsky's Theological Anthropology
Chapter 3 Dostoevsky, Writer and Prophet
Chapter 4 The Human Condition before God
Part Three
Dialectic and a Critique of Religion in the Service of the
Gospel
Chapter 5 Dialectic and a Critique of Religion
Chapter 6 Dostoevsky: Religion and Atheism
Chapter 7 Sin and Grace: A Dialectic of Salvation
Conclusion

Bibliography
Indices
Sectional Contents

About the Author

An independent theologian and scholar living in London, P. H. Brazier holds degrees in fine art (BA), education (MPhil), and systematic theology (MA and PhD). He has published widely in theology and philosophy, including a five-volume systematic analysis of C. S. Lewis's theology.

Reviews

'This is not just another scholarly exegesis of Dostoevsky's theology. Paul Brazier's impeccable research clearly puts it in this category. His sharp, analytical mind takes in Dostoevsky's fiction, letters, diary, even his personal annotations in his copy of the New Testament to explicate Dostoevsky's 'theological anthropology,' a theology based on the relationship of God to humanity. The portrait of Dostoevsky that emerges from Brazier's work, through selected anecdotes and dialogues of characters, is as well developed and vivid as Dostoevsky's own Ivan Karamasov or Raskolnikov. It is a joy to read.'
- Salwa Khoddam, Professor of English, Emerita, Oklahoma City University

'Dostoevsky's later fiction stares unblinkingly at the true depravity of human life, but nonetheless imagines a response shaped by compassion and love. In this, he is a remarkably Christian, and relentlessly theological, author. Paul Brazier does a fine job of sifting and collecting the theological themes in Dostoevsky's work, and showing us the extent of his understanding of the gospel.'
- Stephen R. Holmes, Head of School of Divinity, University of St. Andrews

'An unusually lucid survey of Dostoevsky's major fiction, written from a robustly theological perspective, this will be a most useful contribution to the study of one of Europe's greatest Christian imaginations. There are arguments here that will undoubtedly provoke debate, but the discussion is careful and well documented, and makes a real contribution to the study of the subject.'
- Rowan Williams, University of Cambridge; author of Dostoevsky: Language, Faith and Fiction