“Awakening Thought”. Review on: Pavluchenkov N.N. Theology of Unity: from F.W.J. Schelling to the Priest P.A. Florensky. Moscow: “Izd-vo PSTGU” publ., 2023. – 608 pp.

Abstract

The review presents the reader with a monograph by a Russian historian and theologian, PhD in Philosophy and Theology, Senior Fellow of the Center for the History of Theology and Theological Education (Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University) Nikolay N. Pavluchenkov. The book of the scientist (“Theology of Unity: from Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling to the priest Pavel A. Florensky”, 2023) is characterized by the author of the review as a significant contribution to the Russian philosophy studies and, in particular, the heritage of the priest Pavel A. Florensky (1882–1937). Appreciating the impressive textological base of the volume and the fundamental work of its author, the reviewer is trying to reveal the theoretical potential of the work: he discusses not only the methodological prerequisites for the study, but also the prospect of using the latter in the religious and philosophical polemics of the 21st century. Separately, the review raises the question of the problems of explicating the influence of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854) on certain concepts of Russian thinkers in 18th–20th centuries.