Why Read Pavel Florensky? / John Burgess and Andrew Louth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burgess, John, 1821-1897, author.

Louth, Andrew, author.

Series:

Why Read? Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Russian--20th century.

Philosophy, Russian.

Florenskiĭ, P. A. (Pavel Aleksandrovich), 1882-1937.

Florenskiĭ, P. A.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : The Catholic University of America Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This book offers an excellent, accessible introduction to the life and thought of Father Pavel Florensky, one of the most prominent religious philosophers of Russia's highly creative Silver Age at the beginning of the twentieth century. Florensky, an Orthodox priest, died in Stalin's gulag in 1937. His writings were long suppressed in the Soviet Union, and Western Protestant and Catholic theologians have known little about him"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword by Andrew Louth

Preface

Introduction: Why Read Pavel Florensky?

1. Florensky's Life and Death

2. Childhood

3. Fr. Isidore

4. Searching for the Pillar and Ground of the Truth

5. The Pillar and Ground of the Truth: An Interpretive Guide

6. The Cult

7. Sergiev Posad and the Lavra

8. Icons

9. The Gulag

10. Florensky Today

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813238692

0813238692