Georges Florovsky and the Russian Religious Renaissance

by Paul L. Gavrilyuk

Book Overview

Georges Florovsky is the mastermind of a "return to the Church Fathers" in twentieth-century Orthodox theology. His theological vision--the neopatristic synthesis--became the main paradigm of Orthodox theology and the golden standard of Eastern Orthodox identity in the West. Focusing on Florovsky's European period (1920-1948), this study analyzes how Florovsky's evolving interpretation of Russian religious thought, particularly Vladimir Solovyov and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198745370
• ISBN13: 9780198745372
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"