Faith and Reason in Russian Thought

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Krakow: Copernicus Center Press, 2015 — 254 p. — ISBN-10: 8378861678; ISBN-13: 978-8378861676.In Russian culture, there was neither Scholasticism nor Renaissance, and the problem of faith and reason was formulated, most of all, on the ground of Patristic tradition. This collection of essays explores various dimensions of this alternative Russian account. The book shows the peculiarities of the Orthodox interpretation of faith. It traces the interrelations between Eastern and Western thinkers, and it investigates the heritage of Russian religious philosophy, with a special attention to Pavel Florensky, Sergius Bulgakov, and Georges Florovsky.ContentsTeresa Obolevitch. Faith as the Locus Philosophicus of Russian Thought Sergei Khoruzhy. Eastern-Christian Discourse and Russian Philosophy: Basic Structures, Modern Problems Alexei V. Nesteruk. Man and the Universe: Humanity in the Centre of the Faith and Knowledge Debate in Russian Religious Philosophy Sergey Nizhnikov. Foundations of Spiritual Anthropology Anna Kurkiewicz. Truth - the Cultural and Religious Entanglement of Categories. A Contribution to the Reflections over Orthodox Thought Andrey Maidansky. Amor caecus: Solovyov Draws Spinoza Andrei Bronnikov. Florensky and Science Olga Morozova. Pavel Florensky: the Point of Junction of Religion, Science and Other Spheres of Human Activity Pawel Rojek. Onomatodoxy and the Problem of Constitution. Florensky on Scientific and Manifest Images of the World Peter Rusnâk. The Significance of Religion in Heidegger's Thinking and the Cult in Florensky's Walter Sisto. The Russian Sophiological Synthesis: Sergius Bulgakov and the Dialectic of Faith and Science on Death and Evolution Tomas Sodeika, Lina Vidauskytè. Philosophy as Rigorous Science and/or as Tragedy: Husserl and Shestov Teresa Obolevitch. Faith and Knowledge in the Thought of Georges Florovsky Janna Voskressenskaia. The Unity of Reason and Faith as a Human Challenge. The Problem of Christian Culture and Philosophy in E. Trubetskoy and V. Zenkovsky Svetlana Klimova. The Third Path of Russian Intellectualism Marina U. Save! 'eva Myth as a Foundation of the Unity of Philosophy and Religion in Russian Religious Philosophy