Modern Orthodox Thinkers: From the Philokalia to the Present

by Andrew Louth

Publisher:

SPCK

, 2015

Overview

Starting with the influence of the Philokalia in nineteenth-century Russia, the book moves through the Slavophiles, Solov´ev, Florensky in Russia and then traces the story through the Christian intellectuals exiled from Stalin’s Russia—Bulgakov, Berdyaev, Florovsky, Lossky, Lot-Borodine, Skobtsova—and a couple of theologians outside the Russian world: the Romanian Staniloae and the Serbian Popovich, both of whom studied in Paris.

Andrew Louth then considers the contributions of the second generation Russians – Evdokimov, Meyendorff, Schmemann – and the theologians of Greece from the sixties onwards, such as Zizioulas, Yannaras, as well as influential monks and spiritual elders, especially Fr Sophrony of the monastery in Essex and his mentor, St Silouan. The book concludes with an illuminating chapter on Metropolitan Kallistos and the theological vision of the Philokalia.

Key Features

• Examines the influence that the collection of writings by spiritual writings known as the Philokalia
• Provides a detailed history of the Church in Russia
• Presents a history of people rather than a history of ideas

Contents

• The Philokalia and its Influence
• Vladimir Solov′ev and Sophia
• Fr. Pavel Florensky and the Nature of Reason
• Fr. Sergii Bulgakov and the Nature of Theology
• Nikolai Berdyaev: Creativity, Freedom and the Person
• Fr. Georges Florovsky and the Neo­patristic Synthesis
• Apophatic Theology and Deification: Myrrha Lot-­Borodine and Vladimir Lossky
• St. Maria of Paris (Mother Maria Skobtsova) and Orthodoxy in the Modern World
• Modern Orthodox Dogmatic Theology: 1 Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae
• Modern Orthodox Dogmatic Theology: 2 St. Justin Popović
• Paul Evdokimov and the Love and Beauty of God
• Neo-Palamism: Fr. John Meyendorff and Some Greek Neo-Palamites
• Liturgical theology: Fr. Alexander Schmemann and the Greeks Ioannis Foundoulis and Fr. Vasileios
• Theology of patristic renewal: Metropolitan John of Pergamon (Zizioulas) and Fr. John Romanides
• Lay Theologians: 1 Philip Sherrard
• Lay Theologians: 2 Dimitris koutroubis, Christos Yannaras, Stelios Ramfos
• Lay Theologians: 3 Elisabeth Behr­Sigel, Olivier Clément
• Spiritual Elders: 1 Mother Thekla (Sharf) and the English Acculturation of Orthodoxy
• Spiritual Elders: 2 St. Silouan and Fr. Sophrony: seeing God as He is
• Theology in Russia under communism: Fr. Aleksandr Men′
• Metropolitan Kallistos and the theological vision of the Philokalia

Praise for the Print Edition

This is a truly excellent introduction, full of memorable passages, and ideal for anyone who has wondered about Orthodoxy and wishes to have its main features explained.

—Professor Dame Averil Cameron

Product Details

• Title: Modern Orthodox Thinkers: From the Philokalia to the Present
• Author: Andrew Louth
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Pages: 383
• Christian Group: Orthodox
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Historical Theology

About Andrew Louth

Andrew Louth is professor emeritus of patristic and Byzantine studies at Durham University, England, and visiting professor of Eastern Orthodox theology at the Amsterdam Centre of Eastern Orthodox Theology (ACEOT), in the Faculty of Theology, the Free University, Amsterdam. He is also a priest of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh (Moscow Patriarchate), serving the parish in Durham. His recent publications include Introducing Eastern Orthodox Theology, Greek East and Latin West, AD 681-1071, Maximus the Confessor and The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition.