Šiame darbe analizuojama, kas yra teodicėja, pateikiamos filosofijos atstovų teorijos apie jos esmę ir keliamas problemas. Magistro darbe nagrinėjami žmonių patiriamų kančių teisingumo, nuodėmės ir jos išpirkimo, tikėjimo klausimai. Teodicėjos problemos užuomazgų randame Šventajame Rašte, o tiksliau, Jobo Knygoje. Teodicėjos problemą savo kūriniuose kėlė ir XIX a. rusų rašytojas F. Dostojevskis. Šiame darbe šiuo aspektu analizuojami jo romanai „Idiotas“, „Demonai“, „Nusikaltimas ir bausmė“, „Broliai Karamazovai“ ir apysakos. Nagrinėjant teodicėjos problemą ypač vertingas paskutinis F. Dostojevskio romanas „Broliai Karamazovai“. Rašytoją jaudinantis tikėjimo ar netikėjimo Dievu klausimas sprendžiamas romano veikėjams priimant ar nepriimant Dievo pasaulį. Žmonių kančių problema F. Dostojevskio kūriniuose susiaurinama iki vaikų kančių problemos. Skaitant kūrinius galima įžvelgti dvi kančių priežastis: gimtoji nuodėmė ir žmonėms būdingas nuodėmingumas. Veikėjų teigimu, blogis- būtina gėrio egzistavimo sąlyga. Rašytojas svarsto, kad žmogui suteikta laisvė yra ir Dievo dovana, ir nepakeliama našta. F. Dostojevskis aiškina žmogaus prigimties blogio priežastis ir ribas. Tačiau jis ir teisina žmogų, nes Visagalis dovanodamas žmogui žodžio laisvę, suteikė jam galimybę teisinti arba smerkti Dievą, sukūrusi šį toli gražu netobulą pasaulį. Iškeltai hipotezei patvirtinti atliktas praktinis tyrimas, kuriame dalyvavo 10 – 12 klasių moksleiviai. Susumavus tyrimo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The aim of the current research is to analyze the concept of theodicy. In this Master thesis the theories about the essence of theodicy and the issues that may be raised suggested by various philosophy representatives are to be discussed. The current work is also to consider the questions of justice of human suffering, sins, redemption and faith. The origins of the issues mentioned above can already be found in the Christian doctrine, to be more precise, in the Book of Job. The issue of theodicy is also reflected in the works of 19th century Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky. In this Master thesis some stories and the novels “The Idiot”, “Demons”, “Crime and Punishment”, “The Brothers Karamazov” are to be analyzed. The last novel „The Brothers Karamazov“ raised particular interest. The question of faith and unbelief, which was also important to the author, can be seen in the way the world is accepted or not by various characters. The question of human suffering is narrowed in the novels to the issue of children suffering. Furthermore, in this research the two ways of ‘God’s justification’ for the sufferings mentioned above shall be overviewed, i.e. the original sin of all the people and sinfulness as such present in the lives of people. The presence of evil as an unquestioned condition for the existence of good is keenly discussed by the characters. The issue of freedom as an unbearable gift for every human being is studied by the writer from different... [to full text]

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-146). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2009. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Robert Bennett. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-143).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-45).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-45). Also available in print.

Thesis (M. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1978. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-73).

The thesis systematically explicates Dostoevsky's portrayal of the origin of human evil on earth through the novel The Brothers Karamazov. Drawing from the novel and from Augustine, Pelagius, and Luther, the explication compares and contrasts Dostoevsky's doctrine of original conflict against the three theologians' views of original sin. Following a brief summary of the three earlier theories of original sin, the thesis describes Dostoevsky's peculiar doctrine of Karamazovism and his unique account of how human evil originated. Finally, the thesis shows how suffering, love, and guilt grow out of the original conflict and how the image of Christ serves as an icon of the special kind of social unity projected by Zosima the Elder in The Brothers Karamazov.

Dostoevsky--the master novelist--is a unique product of the Russian tradition . He inherited the values of Orthodoxy, of Slavophilism, of Westernism, of rationalism and of romanticism and in his turn contributed to almost every subsequent manifestation in literature from the enlightened mysticism of Aldous Huxley and the pessimism of Hardy to the despair of modern atheist existentialism and the pessimistic optimism of Berdyaev and Marcel. Dostoevsky's work is the joy of all those who delight in paradoxes--and Berdyaev revels in them . His great novels are at the same time different from and more than they seem . They are symbolical and allegorical on the highest level . At least that is how they affect me and how they seem to affect Berdyaev. I would like at this time to express my deep appreciation to Dr. J. St .Clair Sobell, Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of British Columbia, for his great generosity and encouragement; to Dr. Cyril Bryner for his unflagging assistance, cooperation and understanding; and to Mr. A.W Wainman, who was the first to confront me -with the 'tortured questionings' of Dostoevsky . / Arts, Faculty of / Central Eastern Northern European Studies, Department of / Graduate

In the "metaphysical vacuum" of The Possessed Stepan Trofimovitch Verhovensky is symbolic of a non-productive stewardship--a father who did not father, a teacher who did not teach, and elder who did not will wisdom and tradition to the dependent younger generation. It is puzzling how little critical notice has been taken of Stepan, and it is a lonely position to find in him the key to the teeming, chaotic world of the novel, but this is the thesis which will be pursued.