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THE DIVINE AND THE HUMAN IBD

SEMANTRON PRESS
06 / 2009
9781597312592
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Sinopsis

The great Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948) believed that the dawn of the twentieth century would bring an end to the old atheistic and positivistic worldview and the beginning of a new era of the spirit.áHis philosophy goes beyond mere rational conceptualization and tries to attain authentic life itself: the profound layers of existence in contact with the divine world. He directed all his efforts-philosophical as well as in his personal and public life-at replacing the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of God. According to him, we can all attempt this by tapping the divine creative powers that constitute our true nature. Our mission is to be collaborators with God in His continuing creation of the world.The Divine and the Humanáis about divine humanity, manâÇÖs creative collaboration with God in the world. Nikolai BerdyaevâÇÖs reflections on divine humanity lead him to outline a dramatic philosophy of destiny. It is a philosophy of existence that unfolds in time and passes over into eternity, into a state that is not death but transfiguration. He describes his method as existentially anthropocentric and spiritually religious. The dialectic of this book is not one of logic, but of life-a living existential dialectic. Berdyaev emphasizes that man must not simply wait upon a divine-human revelation, but must work creatively to achieve that revelation.á'Nikolai BerdyaevâÇÖs writings are always insightful, penetrating, passionate, committed-expressions of the whole person. They are as intensely alive now as when they were first written.'-Richard Pevear, translator ofáWar and PeaceandáThe Brothers Karamazov'Nikolai BerdyaevâÇÖs writings retain their freshness as vehicles for thinking not just about the future of Russia, but about the spiritual challenges facing the modern world.'-Paul Vallier, author ofáModern Russian Theology: Bukharev, Soloviev, Bulgakov'Nikolai Berdyaev is one of the few who have found the Christian answer, and yet do not cease to question with those whose lives are still torn asunder by disbelief, doubt, and sufferings, one of the few who dare to be, as thinkers, Christians and, as Christians, thinkers.'-Evgeny Lampert, author ofáThe Apocalypse of HistoryBoris Jakim has translated and edited many books in the field of Russian religious thought. His translations include S. L. FrankâÇÖsáThe Unknowable, Pavel FlorenskyâÇÖsáThe Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Vladimir SolovyovâÇÖsáLectures on Divine Humanity, and Sergius BulgakovâÇÖsáThe Bride of the Lamb.

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