Open AccessDivo Barsotti: Man, God, and Christ in Dostoevsky’s Works
Author(s) -
Caterina Corbella
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
dostoevskij i mirovaâ kulʹtura. filologičeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2712-8512
pISSN - 2619-0311
DOI - 10.22455/2619-0311-2020-3-140-157
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , passion , faith , jesus christ , philosophy , theology , epistemology , psychology , social psychology , linguistics
The article discusses the book by fr. Divo Barsotti “Dostoevsky. ThePassion for Christ”. It carries a research project on the interpretation of F.M. Dostoevsky’s works by Catholic religious thinkers and theologians started in 2019. On theone hand, these analyses allow us to discover new ways of interaction between literature and theology, while highlighting Dostoevsky’s, although indirect, contribution tothe change of the Catholic world after the second Vatican Council. The article presentsthe book, its structure, and main contents, and attempts to identify the peculiarities ofBarsotti’s reception of Dostoevsky’s texts. Attention is focused on the concept of morallaw as an evidence of the existence of God, and on the interpretation of Dostoevsky’s“profession of faith” and, consequently, on who Christ is for Barsotti and Dostoevsky.