Nikolai Berdyaev’s Personalism
The author portrays Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev as a pioneer in Eastern Orthodox theology with his ideas of freedom and personality. After his deportation from the Soviet Union in 1922, Berdyaev expounded persona-lism in opposition to Western individualism and Marxist collecti-vism. Persona...
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International Journal of Orthodox Theology
2015-10-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Orthodox Theology |
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| Online Access: | http://orthodox-theology.com/media/PDF/IJOT3.2015/Richard.Hughes.pdf |
| Summary: | The author portrays Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev as a pioneer in Eastern Orthodox theology with his ideas of freedom and personality. After his deportation from the Soviet Union in 1922, Berdyaev expounded persona-lism in opposition to Western individualism and Marxist collecti-vism. Personality exists in the image and likeness of God, and it culminates in deification. He drew upon the Sobornost’ tradition of Russia and interpreted personality as a communion of love in contrast to reflective self-consciousness of the Augustinian tradition of Western theology. |
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| ISSN: | 2190-0582 2190-0582 |