Sta iatikyb s literatūros teologija: id jos ir problemika | The theology of orthodox literature: ideas and problems

The articles presents an overview of the first post- Soviet attempts by the Russian literature scholars to consider the links between the ideas of the Ortho-doxy and literature. Attempts are put, besides defin-ing the Christian stratum of the Russian culture, to establish the methodology of the research. The ar-ticle highlights the unique character of the theology of the Orthodox literature, mainly anchored to the ideas of the Russian religious philosophy reflected in the works of the Russian thinkers and writers as Vladimir Solovyov, Nikolai Berdyaev, Dmitri Mer-ezhkovski, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Andrei Bely and others. The article discusses the theologemes char-acteristic of the Orthodox literature: the depiction of Sophia, theurgic parameter, the ontological character of creation, performativeness, religious anthropol-ogy of Dostoyevsky. The uniqueness of the relation-ship between the Orthodoxy and literature is defined by demonstrating its link with religious philosophy, the aesthetic parameter of the existence, the role of religious ideas in literature, and the significance of theurgic aesthetics.