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Dostoevsky's Religion

By Steven Cassedy

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
0804751374, 9780804751377, 9781423716686
LCC
PG3328.Z7 R42247 2005
Open Library ID
OL3300060M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
695 kB (711637 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
223\223
Topic
Religion
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Any reader of Dostoevsky is immediately struck by the importance of religion within the world of his fiction. That said, it is very difficult to locate a coherent set of religious beliefs within Dostoevsky’s works, and to argue that the writer embraced these beliefs. This book provides a trenchant reassessment of his religion by showing how Dostoevsky used his writings as the vehicle for an intense probing of the nature of Christianity, of the individual meaning of belief and doubt, and of the problems of ethical behavior that arise from these questions. The author argues that religion represented for Dostoevsky a welter of conflicting views and stances, from philosophical idealism to nationalist messianism. The strength of this study lies in its recognition of the absence of a single religious prescription in Dostoevsky's works, as well as in its success in tracing the background of the ideas animating Dostoevsky’s religious probing.

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