For Dostoevsky, memory was a liturgical practice symbolically similar to the Lord’s Table: it was both necessary to man’s unification with God and a means of participation with the divine. The blessing “Keep Him and He will Keep you” in The Brothers Karamazov reflects this concept, translating to the promise: “Remember Him, and He will remember you.” Here, memory is not a passive recollection but an active, sustaining force in the relationship between God and man. Join us for this Roman Roads After Hours event with Dulci Stutzman, author of the introduction to a new edition of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamozov in … Continue Reading "Memory Eternal: The Urgency of Memory in Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov"
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