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Antinomy
Antithesis
Asceticism
Author_Pavel Florensky
Categorical imperative
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Christianity
Consciousness
Consubstantiality
Critique of Pure Reason
Deity
Divine language
Divine law
Divine Truth
Divinity
Dogma
Dogmatic theology
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Equanimity
Existence
Existence of God
Explanation
Faithfulness
God
Good and evil
Humility
Idealism
Image of God
Immanence
Incorruptibility
Ineffability
Kenosis
Law of identity
Lightness (philosophy)
Love of God
Monotheism
Moral absolutism
Morality
Mysticism
Nicene Creed
Original meaning
Orthodoxy
Parable
Philokalia
Philosopher
Philosophical language
Philosophy
Predestination
Principle of rationality
Rationality
Reality
Religion
Religious text
Righteousness
Sabellianism
Scholasticism
Self-evidence
Self-love
Spinozism
Spirituality
Supplication
The Primordial Tradition
The Soul of the World
The True Word
The Way of Peace
Theodicy
Theology
Theory
Transubstantiation
Truth
V.
Virginity
Word of Wisdom
Product details
- ISBN 9780691117676
- Weight: 879g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 21 Mar 2004
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Pavel Florensky--certainly the greatest Russian theologian of the last century--is now recognized as one of Russia's greatest polymaths. Known as the Russian Leonardo da Vinci, he became a Russian Orthodox priest in 1911, while remaining deeply involved with the cultural, artistic, and scientific developments of his time. Arrested briefly by the Soviets in 1928, he returned to his scholarly activities until 1933, when he was sentenced to ten years of corrective labor in Siberia. There he continued his scientific work and ministered to his fellow prisoners until his death four years later. This volume is the first English translation of his rich and fascinating defense of Russian Orthodox theology. Originally published in 1914, the book is a series of twelve letters to a "brother" or "friend," who may be understood symbolically as Christ. Central to Florensky's work is an exploration of the various meanings of Christian love, which is viewed as a combination of philia (friendship) and agape (universal love). Florensky is perhaps the first modern writer to explore the so-called "same-sex unions," which, for him, are not sexual in nature.
He describes the ancient Christian rites of the adelphopoiesis (brother-making), joining male friends in chaste bonds of love. In addition, Florensky is one of the first thinkers in the twentieth century to develop the idea of the Divine Sophia, who has become one of the central concerns of feminist theologians.
Boris Jakim is an experienced translator of Russian religious thought. In addition to Florensky's work, he has translated the works of S. L. Frank, Vladimir Solovyov, and Sergius Bulgakov. He is also cotranslator of Ivan Goncharov's novel "The Precipice."
