This will definitely go on my list. I'm curious whether he says anything more than can be found in Unfading Light about his mystical experiences or his time in the Caucasus. The latter was probably what first drew Florensky and Bulgakov to my attention--I lived in Georgia (Rep. of) for a few years, and I found that both of them wrote glowingly of the mountains and the shape they gave to their spiritual longing.
I just ordered this. I am really happy about the renewed attention being paid to Bulgakov and Origen, both saintly figures who have one really wonderful thing going for them that many other theologians don't, namely that they are hated and reviled by much of mainstream Orthodoxy, particularly the American converts from Protestantism who have converted in form only, but not in substance. I do wish more attention was being paid to another perennial favorite of mine, namely Vasily Rozanov.
I am wrapping up The Sophiology of Death, foreward by Mr. Hart, and it's compelling. Now more Fr. Bulgakov with with foreward by Rowan Williams...as Fred Astaire sang, "heaven, I am in heaven..." If I only understood everything Fr. Bulgakov was teaching.
Wow, with that recommendation I'm rushing out to buy it (as soon as I return from Ireland next week). By the way, there was a loooong article about your visit here in The Irish Catholic newspaper. Have you seen it? I found it in a little church on Valentia Island. The cover story was about how they need more exorcists here.
This will definitely go on my list. I'm curious whether he says anything more than can be found in Unfading Light about his mystical experiences or his time in the Caucasus. The latter was probably what first drew Florensky and Bulgakov to my attention--I lived in Georgia (Rep. of) for a few years, and I found that both of them wrote glowingly of the mountains and the shape they gave to their spiritual longing.
I just ordered this. I am really happy about the renewed attention being paid to Bulgakov and Origen, both saintly figures who have one really wonderful thing going for them that many other theologians don't, namely that they are hated and reviled by much of mainstream Orthodoxy, particularly the American converts from Protestantism who have converted in form only, but not in substance. I do wish more attention was being paid to another perennial favorite of mine, namely Vasily Rozanov.
I am wrapping up The Sophiology of Death, foreward by Mr. Hart, and it's compelling. Now more Fr. Bulgakov with with foreward by Rowan Williams...as Fred Astaire sang, "heaven, I am in heaven..." If I only understood everything Fr. Bulgakov was teaching.
What the world needs: The Thought of Sergius Bulgakov, by David Bentley Hart
Thanks for this. For someone who has not read any of Bulgakov's works do you have a recommendation as to where to start?
Thank you. I’m not sure if this volume would be right for me, The sophiology stuff in his writings goes over my head. Im not trained in philosophy
I went on Amazon and it’s not available for prime at the moment. I hope that changes soon.
I am alas somewhat ignorant of Bulgakov’s work, there have to be novices :) Yet listening recently to RW once more I was drawn to learn more. And, Lo!
Ordered. (I do not think that Rowan Williams wrote the "Forward," as the site has it.)
Wow, with that recommendation I'm rushing out to buy it (as soon as I return from Ireland next week). By the way, there was a loooong article about your visit here in The Irish Catholic newspaper. Have you seen it? I found it in a little church on Valentia Island. The cover story was about how they need more exorcists here.