Relics and Miracles: Two Theological Essays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802865311)

Boris Jakim here presents two major theological essays by Russian Orthodox theologian Sergius Bulgakov in English translation for the first time.

"On Holy Relics," a 1918 response to Bolshevik desecration of the relics of Russian saints, develops a comprehensive theology of holy relics, connecting them with the Incarnation and showing their place in sacramental theology. The second essay, "On the Gospel Miracles," written in 1932, presents a Christological doctrine of miracles, focusing on how human activity relates to the works of Christ.

Both essays are suffused with Bulgakov's faith in Christian resurrection -- and with his signature "religious materialism," in which the corporeal is illuminated by the spiritual and the earthly is transfigured into the heavenly.

Author: Sergius Bulgakov
ISBN-10: 0802865313
ISBN-13: 9780802865311
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 09/02/2011
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.07w x 0.34d