Religion and enlightenment in Catherinian Russia the teachings of Metropolitan Platon / Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter.

Author/creator Wirtschafter, Elise Kimerling
Format Electronic
Publication InfoDeKalb, IL : NIU Press, [2013]
Descriptionx, 193 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Platon, Metropolitan of Moscow, 1737-1812.
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ--Theology. --History. --18th century.
Enlightenment--Russia. --History. --18th century.
Philosophy and religion--Russia. --History. --18th century.
Faith and reason--Christianity.
Learning--Religious aspects. --Christianity.
Spiritual life--Christianity.
Sermons, Russian--18th century.

Contents The meaning of enlightenment -- Enlightenment in a European setting -- Religious enlightenment and enlightenment in Russia -- Enlightenment in Russian Orthodoxy -- Christian enlightenment and enlightenment learning -- Spiritual and sensual wisdom -- Enlightenment and the oneness of God's creation -- Divine providence and human history -- The spiritual feat of everyday life: celebration of tsarevich Dimitrii -- Absolute monarchy as Christian rulership -- Enlightenment and historical consciousness -- Free will and the human person -- Free will as moral choice -- Free will and religious toleration -- From toleration to equality -- Toward a definition of the Russian enlightenment -- From state building to government by moral means -- Unity and reconciliation in the Russian enlightenment -- Limits to (the) enlightenment in Russia.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012045345
ISBN9780875804699 (cloth)

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