The Teachings of Modern Orthodox Christianity

The Teachings of Modern Orthodox Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Natureexamines how modern Orthodox Christian thinkers have answered the most pressing political, legal, and ethical questions of our time. It discusses the enduring teachings of important Orthodox Christian intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Leading contemporary scholars analyze these thinkers' views on the nature and purpose of law and authority, the limits of rule and obedience, the care of the needy and innocent, the ethics of war and violence, and the separation of church and state, among other themes. A diverse and powerful portrait of Orthodox Christian legal and political thought, this volume underscores the various ways Orthodox Christian intellectuals have shaped modern debates over the family, the state, religion, and society. The book concentrates on Russian philosophers Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900) and Vladimir Lossky (1903-1958); Russian theologian Nicholas Berdyaev (1874-1948); Russian nun and social reformer Mother Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945); and Romanian theologian Dumitru St?niloae (1903-1993).

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Introduction to the Modern Orthodox Tradition	p. 1
Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900)
Commentary	p. 33
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Author's Preface to The Spiritual Foundations of Life	p. 76
Law and Morality: Essays in Applied Ethics	p. 78
Russia and the Universal Church	p. 83
The Justification of the Good	p. 87
Nicholas Berdyaev (1874-1948)
Commentary	p. 106
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On the Nature and Value of Personality	p. 143
Personalism v. Egoism	p. 144
Personality and the Andric Existence	p. 145
Personality and Communion	p. 146
Christianity and Redemption	p. 147
The Fall: The Origin of Good and Evil	p. 151
God Is Beyond Good and Evil	p. 152
Freedom, Free Will, and Values	p. 153
Three Types of Ethics	p. 154
The Ethics of Law	p. 154
The Ethics of Redemption	p. 160
The Ethics of Creativeness	p. 165
Creativeness and Imagination	p. 169
Creativeness and Beauty	p. 170
Creativeness and the Kingdom of Heaven	p. 170
Vladimir Nikolaievich Lossky (1903-1958)
Commentary	p. 172
Original Source Materials
Sept jours sur les routes de France (Seven Days on the Roads of France)	p. 211
The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church	p. 216
The Way of Union	p. 217
Redemption and Deification	p. 218
The Temptations of Ecclesial Consciousness	p. 221
Tradition and Traditions	p. 221
Dominion and Kingship: An Eschatological Study	p. 222
The Theological Notion of the Human Person	p. 227
Catholic Consciousness	p. 228
Orthodox Theology: An Introduction	p. 229
Mother Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945)
Commentary	p. 233
Original Source Materials
The Second Gospel Commandment	p. 271
On the Imitation of the Mother of God	p. 273
The Mysticism of Human Communion	p. 276
The Cross and the Hammer-and-Sickle	p. 278
Towards a New Monasticism	p. 280
The Poor in Spirit	p. 283
A Justification of Pharasaism	p. 286
Insight in Wartime	p. 288
Types of Religious Life	p. 290
Dumitru Staniloae (1903-1993)
Commentary	p. 295
Original Source Materials
Natural Revelation	p. 323
The Orthodox Doctrine of Salvation	p. 325
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil	p. 327
Providence and the Deification of the World	p. 334
Seven Mornings with Father Staniloae	p. 336
The Moral Aspect of Nationalism	p. 340
The Permanent National Ideal	p. 340
Brief Theological Interpretation of the Nation	p. 340
Copyright Information	p. 343
Index to Biblical Citations	p. 345
General Index	p. 347
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