Tag: Therapeutic Gospel
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The Therapeutic Gospel
What may be the most famous chapter in all of western literature portrays the appeal of a “therapeutic gospel.” In his chapter entitled “The Grand Inquisitor,” Fyodor Dostoevsky imagines Jesus returning to sixteenth century Spain (The Brothers Karamazov, II:5:v). But Jesus is not welcomed by church authorities. The cardinal of Seville, head of the Inquisition,…
