EPISODE · Mar 8, 2026 · 2H 41M
If There Is No God, Everything Is Permitted | Dostoevsky's Hidden Theology
from sleepyphilosophyradio · host slphilosophy
What does it mean that hell is not punishment from God but the inability to love? That sin is not a crime but a sickness? That salvation is not a transaction but a transformation of the whole person?These are the questions buried inside Dostoevsky's greatest novels. This episode traces them to their source: the Church Fathers, Isaac the Syrian, Maximus the Confessor, and Gregory of Nyssa. A vision of human nature so different from the Western tradition that it reframes everything Dostoevsky ever wrote.A companion to our earlier Dostoevsky episode.(00:00:00) Chapter 1: Hell Is the Inability to Love(00:32:39) Chapter 2: Kenosis and the Vulnerability of God(01:04:13) Chapter 3: Theosis, Prelest, and the Two Paths of Becoming(01:36:08) Chapter 4: Sobornost, the Gaze of the Other, and Communal Salvation(02:09:03) Chapter 5: Apophatic Theology, Holy Mystery, and the Faith That Does Not KnowSuggested Reading:The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky - https://amzn.to/3OEBOW7The Idiot by Dostoevsky - https://amzn.to/4l4KO2FThe Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware - https://amzn.to/3NdwYP6Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction by Rowan Williams - https://amzn.to/4rKK2ufThe Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church by Vladimir Lossky - https://amzn.to/4ldiawCThe Philokalia Vol. 2 - https://amzn.to/3N4b28VDostoevsky: An Interpretation by Berdyaev - https://amzn.to/4b4SXQjFollow Sleepy Philosophy Radio on Spotify for new episodes!Support the channel: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/sleepyphilo/subscribe
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What does it mean that hell is not punishment from God but the inability to love? That sin is not a crime but a sickness? That salvation is not a transaction but a transformation of the whole person?These are the questions buried inside Dostoevsky's greatest novels. This episode traces them to their source: the Church Fathers, Isaac the Syrian, Maximus the Confessor, and Gregory of Nyssa. A vision of human nature so different from the Western tradition that it reframes everything Dostoevsky ever wrote.A companion to our earlier Dostoevsky episode.(00:00:00) Chapter 1: Hell Is the Inability to Love(00:32:39) Chapter 2: Kenosis and the Vulnerability of God(01:04:13) Chapter 3: Theosis, Prelest, and the Two Paths of Becoming(01:36:08) Chapter 4: Sobornost, the Gaze of the Other, and Communal Salvation(02:09:03) Chapter 5: Apophatic Theology, Holy Mystery, and the Faith That Does Not KnowSuggested Reading:The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky - https://amzn.to/3OEBOW7The Idiot by Dostoevsky - https://amzn.to/4l4KO2FThe Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware - https://amzn.to/3NdwYP6Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction by Rowan Williams - https://amzn.to/4rKK2ufThe Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church by Vladimir Lossky - https://amzn.to/4ldiawCThe Philokalia Vol. 2 - https://amzn.to/3N4b28VDostoevsky: An Interpretation by Berdyaev - https://amzn.to/4b4SXQjFollow Sleepy Philosophy Radio on Spotify for new episodes!Support the channel: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/sleepyphilo/subscribe
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