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A classic work of ecclesiological theology by one of the leading Russian theologians of the late 19th-century.
God, Man and the Church is a penetrating examination of man’s relationship – both as an individual and in society – with God. For Solovyev, personal religion can only be satisfied in social religion. Private prayer finds its fulfilment in the Church’s liturgy, and the Church is the highest expression of man’s religious aspirations. Solovyev’s mystical understanding of the Church provides the basis for a fundamental analysis of the idea of the state from a Christian viewpoint.
During the years after its first publication in Russian in 1885, God, Man and the Church rapidly established a reputation as a seminal work of Russian theology. Donald Attwater’s translation, first published in 1937, made the work available in the English language for the first time, and has become a classic in its own right.
God, Man and the Church is a penetrating examination of man’s relationship – both as an individual and in society – with God. For Solovyev, personal religion can only be satisfied in social religion. Private prayer finds its fulfilment in the Church’s liturgy, and the Church is the highest expression of man’s religious aspirations. Solovyev’s mystical understanding of the Church provides the basis for a fundamental analysis of the idea of the state from a Christian viewpoint.
During the years after its first publication in Russian in 1885, God, Man and the Church rapidly established a reputation as a seminal work of Russian theology. Donald Attwater’s translation, first published in 1937, made the work available in the English language for the first time, and has become a classic in its own right.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 144
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
29 November 2016
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.43 in
ISBN: 9780227176283
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic, Christianity, Theology
[...] Solovyev disentangled essential Orthodoxy from Slavophilism and developed a critique of the social order of the age of Alexander III, basing his arguments on the Bible and tradition. He thus offers an alternative both to Tsarist reaction and to socialist revolution ... we can be grateful that it is available again in this reprint of Donald Attwater's English translation of 1937.
— John Arnold
— John Arnold
Translator’s Preface
Author’s Preface
Part One
Introduction: Nature, Death, Sin, Law, Grace
I. Prayer
II. Sacrifice and Alms-Deeds
III. Fasting
Part Two
I. Christianity
II. The Church
III. The Christian State and Christian Society
Conclusion: Christ’s Example as the Guide of Conscience
Author’s Preface
Part One
Introduction: Nature, Death, Sin, Law, Grace
I. Prayer
II. Sacrifice and Alms-Deeds
III. Fasting
Part Two
I. Christianity
II. The Church
III. The Christian State and Christian Society
Conclusion: Christ’s Example as the Guide of Conscience