Modernism in Russian Orthodoxy. Problem of anthropology
https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2025-179
EDN: AZGKGA
Abstract
The article proves that modernist Orthodox anthropology is not a systematic science of man, as the Church taught on the basis of hesychastic theology. For this reason, it cannot be called heresy. This conclusion is made based on the analysis of the works of Russian philosophers: Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Vladimir Solovyov, Nikolai Berdyaev, as well as clergy: Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky), Father Sergius (Bulgakov), Father Alexander (Schmemann) and Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom). The views of the above-mentioned persons are a style of thinking that has a multifaceted and methodologically heterogeneous character.
About the Author
H. Kowalska-StusPoland
Hanna Kowalska-Stus — professor of humanities, doctor, professor emeritus, corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Commission of Slavic Cultures
Krakow
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Review
For citations:
Kowalska-Stus H. Modernism in Russian Orthodoxy. Problem of anthropology. Russian Journal of Church History. 2025;6(1):39-50. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2025-179. EDN: AZGKGA