Pashkov (1831-1902): Life and Ministry by Filipp Nikitin

Book review: В. А. Пашков (1831-1902). Жизнь и служение. Ф. Никитин. Корнталь: Свет на Востоке, 2020. 224 с.

Postmodern Theology as a Methodological Resource of Understanding Modern Religiosity: Conceptual, Worldview and Important Social Dimensions

The article comprehends the potential of the current achievements of the new Christian theologians in interpreting of the phenomenon of religiosity, its life and value-conceptual core and contexts of functioning, taking into account the modification of the historical conditions of the existence of culture, society, spirituality. The author ponders the conceptual content of the ideas of J. Milbank, J.-L. Marion and J. Caputo. The ideas of these authors are highlighted in their methodological uniqueness and at the same time the general paradigmatic context of their focus for comprehending the postmodern anthropological situation and the effectiveness of Christian spirituality in the conditions of post-secularism is taken into account. The research is interdisciplinary, combining the history of theological thought with the possibilities of philosophical anthropology and philosophy of religion.

Towards a Theology of Dignity and Freedom: Existentialism and the Prospects for Reform of Protestant Witness to Post-Soviet Society

This article examines how existentialist approaches to theology can be applied towards the elucidation of the meaning of dignity and freedom in post-Soviet society. The first part identifies key relevant characteristics of existentialism. The next section explores the relevance of existentialism for the context of post-Soviet Eastern European society through a critical examination of the concepts of dignity and freedom from an existentialist perspective, drawing primarily on the insights of Nikolai Berdyaev. Finally, the article addresses the contribution that Protestant theology could make towards the critique and renewal of post-Soviet society through a creative application of key concepts and ideas associated with existentialism.

Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution by André Trocmé

Book review: Ісус і ненасильницька революція. Андре Трокме. Пер. з фр. Д. Каратеева. Київ: Дух і Літера, 2021. 252 с.; ISBN 978-966-378-868-5; 180 грн.

Existentialism and Theology. United route

The present paper concentrates on analyzing the types of existential philosophy, its current condition, aims, and perspectives of this process in the history of philosophy. The main task of the work was to prove and show the unity of this tradition, despite the artificial divisions and the unjustified disengagements in its “application”. The idea is substantiated that the concept of fundamental intention stands out as a unifying meaning. Research evidence that existential philosophy demonstrates an essential unity with theological thought. The key to this understanding is the doctrine of theological existentialism.

Ways of Contemporary Theopoetics: Mystery, Process, Event

The article examines the development of post-metaphysical discourses, united by the term “theopoetics”, that can be divided into two separate stages: the beginning of theopoetics out of the death-of-God movement in the 1970s, and its rebirth in the 1990s. The first one arises as a “non-metaphysical” alternative to conceptual systematics of theology in the use of religious metaphorical language. And the last one results in two main streams: as the process theology in the search of “different” metaphysics, as opposed to classical substantive one, in order to open the doors for interreligious diversity based on continuous universal values, and as hermeneutics and deconstruction, more intolerant of any metaphysics, where theopoetics acquires the meaning of narratives with Jesus as the central element, which determines its radical kenotic methodology. These are the ways of theopoetics that are wanted to be explored in this article.

The Highest Poverty: Monastic Rules and Form‑of‑Life by Giorgio Agamben

Book review: Высочайшая бедность. Монашеские правила и форма жизни. Джорджо Агамбен. Пер. с ит. и лат. С. Ермакова. Москва; Санкт-Петербург: Издательство Института Гайдара; Факультет свободных искусств и наук СПбГУ, 2020. 216 с. ISBN 978-5-93255-571-2 (hbk.). 420.00 RUB. ISBN 978-5-93255-571-2 (hbk.). 420.00 RUB.

Theological Ethics of Work in Modern Protestantism

Kostiantyn Teteriatnikov. Theological ethics of work in modern Protestantism. Dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philosophical Studies, Specialty 09.00.14 – Theology. – National Pedagogical Dragomanov University of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. – Kyіv, 2021.

Inculturation in the First Epistle of the Apostle Paulto the Thessalonians

Stanislav Stepanchenko. Inculturation in the First Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians. Dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philosophical Studies, Specialty 09.00.14 – Theology. – National Pedagogical Dragomanov University of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. – Kyiv, 2021.

The Book of Psalms in a New Ukrainian Translation, Psalms 41-71

The new translation of the Book of Psalms is part of a large project to translate the Holy Scriptures into Ukrainian, which has been underway since 2018. The project has already translated the New Testament (the edition is being prepared in 2022), poetic books of the Bible (in addition to the Psalms, the Book of Job, Proverbs, the Book of Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs), translation of the Pentateuch and the Book of Prophet. The translation of the Psalms offered in Theological Reflections is the first publication of the above-mentioned translated books of Scripture.