Ultimate Questions: An Anthology of Modern Russian Religious Thought

Publication Data: Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1977
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: viii + 311
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.6 cm × 13.7 cm × 2.5 cm
ISBN: 0‒913836‒46‒X

   
Edited and with an Introduction by Alexander Schmemann

“The aim of this anthology is to give to those who are studying Russia, her history, literature, and religious life, at least a general idea of that area of Russian culture which Russians usually define as ‘religious philosophy.’ This word combination may confuse Western readers, since in the West theology and philosophy are usually strictly separated, as are the areas of religion and culture themselves. The authors presented here are quite unlike one another in background, education, and manner of life. With very few exceptions they are all outside the world of official theology or academic philosophy—a former officer of the hussars, a librarian, a writer, a journalist. One thing, however, they all share: the centrality of the religious theme in their work, the constant reduction of everything to ‘ultimate questions’—about God and Christ, about the Church, and about the world as an object of religious apprehension.”
—“Introduction”

CONTENTS

Introduction
Vladimir Weidlé
   Russia and the West
Aleksei Stepanovich Khomyakov
   On the Western Confessions of Faith
Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov
   Beauty, Sexuality, and Love
Pavel Aleksandrovich Florensky
   On the Holy Spirit
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov
   The Restoration of Kinship Among Mankind
Vasily Vasilyevich Rozanov
   Sweet Jesus and the Sour Fruits of the World
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Berdyaev
   The Ethics of Creativity
Georgy Petrovich Fedotov
   The Christian Origins of Freedom
Sergei Nikolaevich Bulgakov
   Meditations on the Joy of the Resurrection
General Bibliography