God, Man and the Church: The Spiritual Foundations of Life

by Vladimir Solovyev, Donald Attwater (Translator)

Overview

God, Man and the Church is a penetrating examination of the human 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 humanity's religious aspirations. Here 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 and which made the work available in the English language for the first time, has become a classic in its own right.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780227176283
Publisher:	James Clarke & Co. Ltd
Publication date:	11/29/2016
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.39(w) x 8.46(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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 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

Editorial Reviews

"[...] 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, Theology, vol 79, issue 49

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