As the centenary of the birth of Iris Murdoch approaches, re-appraisals of her literary work, which continues to divide critical opinion, seem due. This article posits that re-reading her novels in rapprochement with the writings of the group of fourth-century theologians known as the 'Cappadocian Fathers' reveals a 'passion for passionlessness' within the Murdochian corpus which has hitherto been little explored, and affords the possibility of a soteriological 'embrace' between these very discrete conversation partners.

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“对无情的热情”：卡帕多西亚教父和艾丽丝·默多克将 Apatheia 作为精神理想

随着艾瑞斯·默多克诞辰一百周年的临近，对她的文学作品的重新评估似乎是应该的，因为批评意见继续存在分歧。这篇文章假定，重新阅读她的小说，与被称为“卡帕多奇教父”的四世纪神学家的着作融洽相处，揭示了默多克语料库中的“对无情的热情”，而这种热情迄今为止很少被探索，并提供了这些非常离散的对话伙伴之间存在救赎论“拥抱”的可能性。