Two hail. Research on the nature of social ideals

Contents Volume I From the author Religion of man-theism in L. Feuerbach I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX Karl Marx as a religious type National economy and religious personality Christianity and the social question About early Christianity I. About the historical study of Christianity. – Essay Objective II. To characterize the state of the ancient world III. The entry of Christianity into the world. – The historical lack of weapons of its first preachers. – The power of their preaching IV. The meaning of eschatology in early Christianity V. Early Christianity and the pagan “world” VI. Early Christianity and the State VII. Early Christianity and the social question, its relation to slavery VIII. Early Christianity and dogmas IX. Early Christianity in relation to hierarchy and cult X. Christianity and morality. – Joy in Early Christianity XI. Early Christianity and martyrdom XII. What is the secret of early Christianity? XIII. Early Christianity and Asceticism XIV. The Normative Significance of Early Christianity Volume II. Early Christianity and modern socialism Apocalypticism and socialism I. General character of Jewish apocalypticism II. Apocalypticism and “sociology” III. Apocalypticism and philosophy of history IV. Messianic Kingdom V. Apocalypticism in the New Testament VI. Chiliasm and Socialism VII. The main antinomy of Christian philosophy of history The religion of man-theism among the Russian intelligentsia I. The religion of man-theism in the Russian revolution II. The Resurrection of Christ and modern consciousness From the philosophy of culture I. Reflections on nationality I II III II. Church and culture S. N. Bulgakov (1871–1944) is an outstanding Russian religious philosopher and theologian. With the blessing of St. Patriarch Tikhon, who accepted the priesthood in 1918, a difficult year for the Russian Church, in 1922 Fr. Sergius, on charges of political unreliability, was subjected to “indefinite expulsion from the territory of the RSFSR without the right of return.” Since 1925 Fr. Sergius becomes a professor at the department of dogmatic theology of the newly opened Orthodox Theological Institute of St. Sergius of Radonezh, and from 1940, until his death, as its dean. This book, first published in 2 volumes in 1911, contains public lectures, reports and articles from 1904–1910, many of which have fully retained their scientific and philosophical value to the present time. When reading all these articles, one is struck by the deep honesty with which Fr. Sergius refers to the doctrines and thinkers he studied and criticized. This is the encyclopedic significance of Fr. Sergius, who in this sense was also a cultural historian. For everyone interested in problems of philosophy, culture and religion.