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(2006) Studies in East European Thought 58 (4).
Russian philosophers on continuous creation as the basis for social change
Katharina Breckner
pp. 271-297
Vladimir Solov'ëv, Sergej Bulgakov, Nikolaj Berdjaev, and Semën Frank shared the conviction that Creation is incomplete: humanity must arrive at organizing social life on an "eighth day." Thus they prophesied the Universal Church, "social Christianity," "personalist socialism," and "spiritual democracy." Their attempt to avoid any illegitimate confusion between independent rational thought and Christian faith prompted Bulgakov to become an ordained theologian, Berdjaev a "philosophical poet," and Frank a "Christian realist." Solov'ëv's theosophical attempt to philosophically substantiate faith and consequently eschatological prophecy finds itself in the same tragic predicament as Christian faith in general when amalgamated on a one to one basis with the world. I am to show that this is not the case for any of the three other authors discussed, however, much they did adhere to some of Solov'ëv's major lines of thought.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11212-006-9007-2
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Breckner, K. (2006). Russian philosophers on continuous creation as the basis for social change. Studies in East European Thought 58 (4), pp. 271-297.
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