Modernism in Russian Orthodoxy. Problem of anthropology

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.

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Russian Journal of Church History
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2025-03-20
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https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973x-2025-179
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Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
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Modernism in Russian Orthodoxy. Problem of anthropology

Hanna Kowalska‐Stus
Russian Journal of Church History
Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
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Modernism in Russian Orthodoxy. Problem of anthropology

Hanna Kowalska‐Stus
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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.

Russian Journal of Church HistoryVol. 6(1)
Jagiellonian University (PL)
Openalex Percentile: Top 92%
Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
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