http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/ The Brothers Karamazov Group Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:13:39 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/27 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/27 Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the BrothersK group. File : /Figure in Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:40:30 GMT Paul Weinhold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/26 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/26 Fellow Brothers K readers: I am finally enjoying the experience of reading through Brothers K for the first time. This week I had the privilege of hearing two Wed, 01 Mar 2006 02:22:28 GMT Scott & Robyn Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/25 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/25 Stephen, Thank you for you very helpful comments. I'm glad you are here to help us understand how Eastern Orthodox theology influences the themes of the novel. Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:27:02 GMT Paul Weinhold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/24 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/24 Stephen, Fascinating remarks on Eastern Orthodox theology and responsibility for sin in Russian literature. Two questions: 1) Have you run across this sort Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:00:59 GMT Stephen De Young http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/23 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/23 First of all, greetings to everyone, especially to those who don't already know me. I was a classmate of Eric's at Westminster, and I'm Eastern Orthodox, Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:44:09 GMT Scott & Robyn Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/22 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/22 This brings up a question I have had regarding the theology of the Brothers K. It seems that in the book conversion involves the recognition not only that a Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:02:16 GMT Eric Pyle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/21 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/21 So, is Alyosha too sin-tolerant? Some people might claim that Alyosha is a nice guy par-excellent. Eric Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:05:07 GMT Jonathan McIntosh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/20 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/20 Paul's email from Thursday distinguing love from merely being nice, and that only love can save where nicety cannot, reminded me of the following quote from Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:58:42 GMT Paul Weinhold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/19 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/19 Not sure how useful this will be because I haven't begun Brothers K yet. Perhaps you all will be able to see some similarities between Myshkin and others of Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:20:17 GMT Eric D. Pyle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/18 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/18 Seems like for the first time in "Both Together" we learn that Alyosha has questions concerning his judgment of character. His first impression of Katerina Sat, 04 Feb 2006 21:57:10 GMT amafikidogo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/17 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/17 That's a good point. Ivan's essay is a little puzzling considering that his attitudes to the church. Father Zossimov, on the other hand, seems to agree with Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:20:18 GMT Jayson Grieser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/16 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/16 Dear BK Readers, Since today is the day to be done with Part I, let's have everyone send an e-mail indicating where they are in the reading and whether or not Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:28:34 GMT Eric D. Pyle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/15 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/15 Thanks so much for your contribution, Robert. There's even more here to digest than I had realized. I'll keep this in mind as we work our way towards the Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:32:59 GMT amafikidogo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/14 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/14 This may tie into the Legend of the Grand Inquisitor later on in the book. For future reference, First Things also has several articles written on Dostoevsky, Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:48:39 GMT Jonathan McIntosh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/13 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrothersK/message/13 For whatever they might be worth, here are a couple of random, theological observations on the assigned reading. Nuancing total depravity. In book 1, ch. 3,