Less known in the anglophone world than Berdyaev (who was a pupil of his), or Martin Buber, Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900), philosopher, mystic, poet, has nevertheless a contribution of the first importance to offer to Western scholarship.
He came from a rich and not yet fully understood tradition; his erudition was stupendous.
Like his predecessors he was extremely sensitive to such problems as the religious meaning of history, of creativity, of culture.
It is important to emphasize a general link between Solovyov and preceding currents of Russian thought, for his Christian philosophy in a sense embraces them all.
Dostoyevsky and Leo Tolstoy sat at his feet.
Godmanhood is the problem of restoring all mankind; it is a concept of salvation as a process of becoming divine.
The differences between the Orthodox, Roman, and Anglo-Catholic and many of the Protestant Churches are not found in relation to the great dogmas or articles of the creed.
Solovyov has a vital and unique message to Christians of all denominations; he offers a basis for reunion rarely suggested in Western Christianity.
Semantron Press Lectures on godmanhood, paperback/vladimir sergeyevich solovyov
