Overview

Alexei Khomiakov (1804-1860), a great Russian thinker, one of the founders of the Slavophile school of thought, nowadays might be seen as one of the precursors of critical thought on the dangers of modern political ideas. The pathologies that Khomiakov attributes to Catholicism and Protestantism - authoritarianism, individualism, and fragmentation - are today the fundamental characteristics of modern states, of the societies in which we live, and to a large extent, of the alternatives that are brought forth in an attempt to counter them. Khomiakov's works therefore might help us take on the challenge of rescuing Christian thought from modern colonization and offer a true alternative, a space for love and truth, the living experience of the church. This book serves as a step on the path toward recovering the church's reflection on its own identity as sobornost', as the community that is the living body of Christ, and can be the next step forward toward recovering the capacity for thought from within the church.

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Author:   Artur Mrowczynski-Van Allen
Publisher:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
Imprint:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
Weight:   0.383kg
ISBN:  

9780227177266

ISBN 10:   0227177266
Pages:   259
Publication Date:   28 May 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Contributors Introduction: Alexei Khomiakov: Thinking from Inside the Church - Artur Mrowczynski-Van Allen, Teresa Obolevitch, and Pawel Rojek Part I: Ideas 1. Looking for Sobornost': Khomiakov's Ecclesiology as an Alternative to the Schmitt-Peterson Debate - Artur Mrowczynski-Van Allen 2. Faith and Science in the Thought of Khomiakov - Teresa Obolevitch 3. Khomiakov's Church and Pope Francis's Church: The Future Fate of the Idea of Conciliarity - Marek Kita 4. Khomiakov, Sacrifice, and the Dialogic Roots of Russian Kenosis - Stephanie Solywoda 5. Sobornost' as a Linguistic, and Therefore Religious, Trap - Elena Tverdislova 6. Khomiakov's Idea of Sobornost' as a Regulatory Ideal of Intercultural Communication - Lada Shipovalova and Yulia Shaposhnikova Part II: Contexts 7. Alexei Khomiakov and Blaise Pascal - Boris Tarasov 8. Khomiakov's Sobornost' and Naturphilosophie: A Revolutionary Narrative of History - Jennie D. Wojtusik 9. Alexei Khomiakov and Sergey Uvarov: ""Official Nationality"" or Nationality? - Dmitrii Badalian Part III: Influences 10. Slavophile Philosophy of History: From Alexei Khomiakov to Vladimir Lamansky - Alexei Malinov 11. The Echoes of Alexei Khomiakov's Theological Views in the Literary Works of Nikolai Leskov - Marta Lukaszewicz 12. A Possible Filiation between Alexei Khomiakov and Lev Karsavin - Francoise Lesourd 13. Alexei Khomiakov, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Ladislav Hanus: Three Points of View on Faith and Church in Human Life - Zlatica Plasienkova, Peter Rusnak, and Lucio Florio 14. Pitirim A. Sorokin: A Successor to the Slavophiles - Frederick Matern 15. ""Our Slavic Pope"": The Mission of Slavs according to John Paul II - Pawel Rojek"

Reviews

Highly recommended. This volume brings to light the great relevance of Alexei Khomiakov to our postmodern context. We are indebted to the continued and frutiful collaboration of Mrowczynski-Van, Obolevitch, and Rojek. Aaron Riches, Benedictine College, Aitchison, Kansas

""Highly recommended. This volume brings to light the great relevance of Alexei Khomiakov to our postmodern context. We are indebted to the continued and frutiful collaboration of Mrowczynski-Van, Obolevitch, and Rojek."" Aaron Riches, Benedictine College, Aitchison, Kansas

Author Information

Artur Mrowczynski-Van Allen is Professor at the International Center for the Study of the Christian Orient and Instituto de Filosofia Edith Stein, Granada, Spain. He is the author of Between the Icon and the Idol: The Human Person and the Modern State in Russian Literature and Thought (Cascade, 2013).

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