Modern Orthodox thinkers
Subtitle: from the Philokalia to the present
By: Andrew Louth
Publisher: SPCK, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780281071272; 9780281071289
Subjects: Doctrines; History; Spiritual life; Eastern Orthodox Church; Theologians; Orthodox Eastern Church members; Intellectual life; Religious thought; Orthodox Eastern Church; Philokalia
Description: A lively and perceptive account of the lives, writings and enduring intellectual legacies of the great Orthodox theologians of the past 250 years. This book explores and explains the enduring influence of some of the world's greatest modern theologians. Starting with the influence of the Philokalia in nineteenth-century Russia, the book moves through the Slavophiles, Solov'ev, Florensky in Russia and then traces the story through the Christian intellectuals exiled from Stalin's Russia -- Bulgakov, Berdyaev, Florovsky, Lossky, Lot-Borodine, Skobtsova -- and a couple of theologians outside the Russian world: the Romanian Staniloae and the Serbian Popovich, both of whom studied in Paris. Andrew Louth then considers the contributions of the second generation Russians -- Evdokimov, Meyendorff, Schmemann -- and the theologians of Greece from the sixties onwards -- Zizioulas, Yannaras, and others, as well as influential monks and spiritual elders, especially Fr Sophrony of the monastery in Essex and his mentor, St Silouan. The book concludes with an illuminating chapter on Metropolitan Kallistos and the theological vision of the Philokalia.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-369) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Philokalia and its influence; title: Vladimir Solov'ev and Sophia; title: Fr Pavel Florensky and the nature of reason; title: Fr Sergii Bulgakov and the nature of theology; title: Nikolai Berdyaev : creativity, freedom and the person; title: Fr Georges Florovsky and the neo-patristic synthesis; title: Apophatic theology and deification : Myrrha Lot-Borodine and Vladimir Lossky; title: St Maria of Paris (Mother Maria Skobtsova) and Orthodoxy in the modern world; title: Modern Orthodox dogmatic theology 1 : Fr Dumitru Stăniloae; title: Modern Orthodox dogmatic theology 2 : St Justin Popović; title: Paul Evdokimov and the love and beauty of God; title: Neo-Palamism : Fr John Meyendorff and some Greek neo-Palamites; title: Liturgical theology : Fr Alexander Schmemann and the Greeks Ionnis Foundoulis and Fr Vasileios; title: Theology of patristic renewal : Metropolitan John of Pergamon (Zizioulas) and Fr John Romanides; title: Lay theologians 1 : Philip Sherrard; title: Lay theologians 2 : Dimitris Koutroubis, Christos Yannaras, Stelios Ramfos; title: Lay theologians 3 : Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, Olivier Clément; title: Spiritual elders 1 : Mother Thekla (Sharf) and the English acculturation of Orthodoxy; title: Spiritual elders 2 : St Silouan and Fr Sophrony : seeing God as He is; title: Theology in Russia under communism: Fr Aleksander Men'; title: Metropolitan Kallistos and the theological vision of the Philokalia.