Thinking Orthodox in Modern Russia: Culture, History, Context (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780299298944)

Thinking Orthodox in Modern Russia illuminates the significant role of Russian Orthodox thought in shaping the discourse of educated society during the imperial and early Soviet periods. Bringing together an array of scholars, this book demonstrates that Orthodox reflections on spiritual, philosophical, and aesthetic issues of the day informed much of Russia's intellectual and cultural climate.
Volume editors Patrick Lally Michelson and Judith Deutsch Kornblatt provide a historical overview of Russian Orthodox thought and a critical essay on the current state of scholarship about religious thought in modern Russia. The contributors explore a wide range of topics, including Orthodox claims to a unique religious Enlightenment, contests over authority within the Russian Church, tensions between faith and reason in academic Orthodoxy, the relationship between sacraments and the self, the religious foundations of philosophical and legal categories, and the effect of Orthodox categories in the formation of Russian literature.


Author: Patrick Lally Michelson
ISBN-10: 0299298949
ISBN-13: 9780299298944
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 07/31/2014
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2015 pg. 892