Section: Encountering Bulgakov
Why Sophia? Bulgakov the Theologian
When I was studying for my PhD, I remember a priest asking me, in the back of the sanctuary of my father’s parish in the Chicagoland area, “What are you studying?” I told him, “contemporary Orthodox theology.” He repeated my answer in a sardonic tone, somewhat incredulous that such a thing as contemporary Orthodox theology[…..]
Sergii Bulgakov: An Intellectual Biography
Sergii Nikolaevich Bulgakov is still, for many Orthodox Christians, a somewhat ambiguous figure. In conservative circles, he is seen as one of the main architects of what is oddly called the “Paris School” of supposedly liberal (revisionist, ecumenically-minded) theological thinkers; in more mainstream discussion, he is still very often read through the lens of “neo-patristic”[…..]