LEADER 02725oam 2200541 a 450 001 9910783305403321 005 20231120231232.0 010 $a0-8047-6761-0 010 $a1-4237-1668-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804767613 035 $a(CKB)1000000000031246 035 $a(OCoLC)70749039 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10080399 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000141025 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11151308 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141025 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10089521 035 $a(PQKB)10879541 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037501 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037501 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10080399 035 $a(OCoLC)923699874 035 $a(DE-B1597)581898 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804767613 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000031246 100 $a20041202d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDostoevsky's religion /$fSteven Cassedy 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cStanford University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (222 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8047-5137-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-197) and index. 327 $aHistorical problems of understanding -- Dostoevsky and religion : the context -- Belief is contextual -- Belief is expressed in antinomies -- Belief is ideal -- Bathe the earth with the tears of thy joy. 330 $aAny 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. 676 $a891.73/3 700 $aCassedy$b Steven$01188345 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783305403321 996 $aDostoevsky's religion$93706482 997 $aUNINA