Deification in Russian Religious Thought - Between the Revolutions, 1905-1917

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Introduction


• 1: Deification in the Greek Patristic Era


• 2: Deification in the Long Nineteenth Century


• 3: Deification and political theology: Merezhkovsky, Gippius, Filosofov, Tsar and Revolution (1907)


• 4: Deification and creativity: Nikolai Berdiaev, The Meaning of Creativity (1916)


• 5: Deification and economics: Sergei Bulgakov, The Philosophy of Economy (1912)


• 6: Deification and asceticism: Pavel Florensky, The Pillar and Ground of the Truth (2014)


• Conclusion


• Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ruth Coates is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Russian Studies at the University of Bristol. She held a Laming Junior Fellowship from Queen's College Oxford, then Temporary Lectureships at the University of Manchester and the School of Slavonic Studies in London. She is the author of Christianity in Bakhtin: God and the Exiled Author (1998) and co-editor of Landmarks Revisited: The Vekhi Symposium 100 Years On (with Robin Aizlewood; 2013).

Zusammenfassung

A study of the reception of the Eastern Christian Orthodox doctrine of deification by Russian religious thinkers of the immediate pre-revolutionary period.

Zusatztext

It is difficult to find fault with Coates's impressive account of how and why deification took the various forms it did in late imperial Russia.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ruth Coates, Ruth (Senior Lecturer Coates, Coates Ruth
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 18.09.2019
• EAN: 9780198836230
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883623-0
• Seiten: 246
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Russia, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Russian Revolution, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, c 1910 to c 1919, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Orthodox & Oriental Churches, HISTORY / Russia / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions