N. A. Berdyaev’te Kötülük Problemi ve Teodise
Max Weber argues that the metaphysical conception of God creates "an ineradicable demand for theodicy." Similarly, Augustine asked, "What is the source of evil?" He writes that the question worried him from an early age, that it was the problem that wore him down and dragged him into the community of heretics. Augustine returns to the Catholic Church only when he has a satisfactory answer to this, in Christian Platonic terms. The suffering of Augustine's experience and Weber's insight intersect in Berdiaev's thought. Berdiaev, like Augustine, is deeply concerned with the emergence of evil and, like Weber, believes that a Christian theist position should address the issue of evil and suffering. Berdyaev calls this task “the defense of God”. In this study, Berdyaev's views on God, the source of evil, and God's Defense are discussed. Keywords: Theodicy, God, Ungrund, Freedom, Jesus Christ, Grand Inquisitor, Dostoevsky, Berdyaev