The Heroism of Forgiveness: What We Learn from Dolly in Anna Karenina

The Heroism of Forgiveness: What We Learn from Dolly in Anna Karenina

Released Monday, 14th April 2025
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The Heroism of Forgiveness: What We Learn from Dolly in Anna Karenina

The Heroism of Forgiveness: What We Learn from Dolly in Anna Karenina

The Heroism of Forgiveness: What We Learn from Dolly in Anna Karenina

The Heroism of Forgiveness: What We Learn from Dolly in Anna Karenina

Monday, 14th April 2025
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In this powerful episode of What We Can't Not Talk About, host Marianna Orlandi welcomes Dr. Anna Bonta Moreland, theologian and professor at Villanova University, to explore the radical, uncomfortable, and ultimately redemptive virtue of forgiveness. Drawing on the character of Dolly from Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Dr. Moreland shows how literature and theology—especially the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas—can illuminate what it really means to love sacrificially and forgive heroically.In a world torn between cancel culture and moral relativism, Dr. Moreland argues that forgiveness is not weakness but a virtue rooted in charity. Through Dolly’s example and Aquinas’ thought, listeners are invited to reflect on whether perfection in love is required, and what it means to love and forgive like Christ—even when it hurts.

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