George Florovsky and the religious and philosophical renaissance

George Florovsky (1893-1979) is one of the most prominent Orthodox theologians and historians of the twentieth century, the inspiration for the "return to the Holy Fathers of the Church" in modern theology. The neo-patristic trend of Florovsky and his followers is often contrasted with Sergei Bulgakov's theological "modernism" and sophiology. In this study, Pavlo Havryliuk analyzes Florovsky's intellectual evolution from his youthful fascination with Volodymyr Solovyov and his correspondence with Pavel Florensky in Odessa to his further involvement in the Eurasian movement in the early 1920s in Sofia and Prague, and teaching at St. Sergius Institute in Paris and Society. with Bulgakov, Nikolai Berdyaev and other representatives of the religious and philosophical renaissance. Based on extensive archival research and previously unpublished material, the book offers a new interpretation of the ways of Orthodox theology of the first half of the twentieth century, and is the first monographic understanding of the origins, methods and content of neo-patristic theology Florovsky. Recommended for all who are interested in Orthodox theology. This edition is the most important, corrected and supplemented translation of the book "Georges Florovsky and the Russian Religious Renaissance", published in Oxford in 2014.

George Florovsky (1893-1979) is one of the greatest Orthodox theologians and historians of the twentieth century , the inspirer of the "return to the Holy Fathers of the Church" in modern theology. The neo-patristic trend of Florovsky and his followers is often contrasted with Sergei Bulgakov's theological "modernism" and sophiology. In this study, Pavel Gavrilyuk analyzes Florovsky's intellectual evolution from his youthful fascination with Vladimir Solovyov and correspondence with Pavel Florensky in Odessa to his further involvement in the Eurasian movement in the early 1920s in Sofia and Prague, and teaching at St. Sergius Institute with Bulgakov, Nikolai Berdyaev and other representatives of the religious and philosophical renaissance. Based on extensive archival research and previously unpublished material, the book offers a new interpretation of the ways of Orthodox theology of the first half of the twentieth century, and is the first monographic understanding of the origins, methods and content of neo-patristic theology Florovsky. Recommended for everyone who is interested in Orthodox theology. This edition is the most important, corrected and supplemented translation of the book "Georges Florovsky and the Russian Religious Renaissance", published in Oxford in 2014