In the World, of the Church: A Paul Evdokimov Reader

St. Vladimirs Seminary Press, December 2000. Paper Back. New. How to introduce Paul Evdokimov? Associated with the ''Russian Religious Renaissance'' of the first half of the twentieth century, his compatriots includes Florensky, Sergius Bulgakov, Afanasiev, Berdyaev, St. Silouan, and St. Tikhon; and other pivotal figures such as Simone Weil, Camus, Heidegger, Sartre, Freud, Jung, Dostoevsky, Merton crossed the beautiful path of his expansive and searching mind. Steeped in the history of the Church, conversant with mystery and brilliantly honest, his thought has been termed ''liturgical existentialism'' without the angst. His own terminology is preferable as one drinks in these representative writings: ''A Christian community, if it truly is this, buries itself as a splinter in the body of the world'' (which often includes the Church herself). His words pierce, stir, heal and sing to us. Convinced of ''God's insistence on the impossible,'' driven by the ''instinct of Orthodoxy'' and the ''creative path of Tradition'' Evdokimov delves into the nature of the Church, her social responsibilities, the eruptive power of holiness, the ''absurd'' love of God, the charisms of women, eschatology and much more. His openness to seeing ''Christ in all things'' invites us to acknowledge: yes, here too Christ speaks!