Long (45-70 mins)
Doctrine
Evangelical
Gifford Lectures 2025 Lecture 4: Dostoevsky and Genesis on Unconditional Love for the World
Theologian
Miroslav Volf
Duration
59.12
Uploaded to YouTube
4 September 2025
Added to Database
24 September 2025
YouTube description
"A great literary example of unconditional love for the whole world is Father Zosima, of Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov. I anchor Zosima's stance toward the world in a discussion of the Genesis account of creation, and what seems like the clearest case of hatred for the world in the entire Bible: the story of the Great Flood. Counterintuitively, I argue that this story underscores God's unconditional love for the whole world." Miroslav Volf Thank you for joining us for the fourth of the 2025 Gifford Lectures at the University of Aberdeen, delivered by Professor Miroslav Volf
