The Path of Russian Religious Philosophy (Library of the Centuries)

Author: (Russia) Florovsky, translated by Wu Andi and others
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The Way of Russian Religious Philosophy is a monumental work and a primary reference guide for researching the history of Russian religious culture. I did not limit my study to purely theological works; it also encompasses all literature related to Orthodoxy. Although many studies on ancient Russia and the pre-Peter the Great era have emerged in the past decade, Florovsky's perspectives and reviews have almost never been outdated. One may disagree with them, but they should not be dismissed as useless. Moreover, chapters such as the crisis of the Old Ritualists, the 17th-century Latinized Kyiv Theological Academy, the "obsession with the West" that shrouded the entire official church after Peter the Great, and the thorough analysis of pre-revolutionary Russian theology and religious thought are the only, irreplaceable, highly valuable manuals—unparalleled and beyond other evaluation—that serve as guiding works of great significance. This is a theoretical monograph on Russian philosophical thought, covering topics such as the crisis of Russian Byzantinism, the contradictions of the 17th century, the fundamental transformation of St. Petersburg, the awakening of philosophy, the historical school, (), etc., and is suitable for researchers and learners of philosophical thought.