Open AccessKierkegard and Solov’yov as religious thinkers and critics of public religion
Author(s) -
Huiting Pascal-Henry-William
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
solovʹëvskie issledovaniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2076-9210
DOI - 10.17588/2076-9210.2020.1.061-078
Subject(s) - christianity , criticism , religious philosophy , philosophy , philosophy of religion , limiting , formalism (music) , religious studies , character (mathematics) , common ground , epistemology , sociology , western philosophy , law , literature , political science , mechanical engineering , art , musical , geometry , mathematics , communication , engineering
On the basis of the work of S. Kierkegaard «Exercises in Christianity» and V.S. Solovyov's «Readings on God-manhood» the article presents a comparative analysis of the positions of the authors as religious thinkers, formed in line with the problem of limiting the claims of the mind, which in earlier philosophy had become the only and comprehensive explanatory principle. The article outlines the common ground of their positions, which is a criticism of the official religion and the formalism of state churches. It notes that the innovative and original religious philosophies of Kierkegaard and Solovyov have a common mission – the revival of Christianity degenerated into a public religion, but at the same time they differ in character and structure. It concludes that Kierkegaard and Solovyov, critically reinterpreting the Christian religion that is contemporary to them, offer their religious philosophy as a way out of the crises of their time.