Wirtschafter, Elise Kimerling.

Religion and Enlightenment in Catherinian Russia : The Teachings of Metropolitan Platon. - 1st ed. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. ©2012. - 1 online resource (207 pages) - NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies . - NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies .

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Cover -- RELIGION AND ENLIGHTENMENT IN CATHERINIAN RUSSIA -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Dating and Biblical Citations -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 The Meaning of Enlightenment -- Enlightenment in a European Setting -- Religious Enlightenment and Enlightenment in Russia -- Enlightenment in Russian Orthodoxy -- CHAPTER 2 Christian Enlightenment and Enlightenment Learning -- Spiritual and Sensual Wisdom -- Enlightenment and the Oneness of God's Creation -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 Divine Providence and Human History -- The Spiritual Feat of Everyday Life: Celebration of Tsarevich Dimitrii -- Absolute Monarchy as Christian Rulership -- Conclusion: Enlightenment and Historical Consciousness -- CHAPTER 4 Free Will and the Human Person -- Free Will as Moral Choice -- Free Will and Religious Toleration -- Conclusion: From Toleration to Equality -- CONCLUSION 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 -- Appendix 1: Chronology of Metropolitan Platon's Career -- Appendix 2: Metropolitan Platon's Subscribers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

9781609090845


Levšin, Platon


Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche


1700-1800


Aufklärung


Russland

Learning -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Faith and reason -- Christianity. Philosophy and religion -- Russia -- History -- 18th century. Enlightenment -- Russia -- History -- 18th century. Platon, -- Metropolitan of Moscow, -- 1737-1812.


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