Two Examples of Non-Fundamentalist but Rooted Spirituality: Mother Maria Skobstova and Alexander Men

Abstract

This lecture focuses on two themes from John's Prologue, the light and the incarnation. It explores how they feature in the theology of St Gregory of Palamas, and how his interpretation impacts on 1) Vladimir Lossky and Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov), and 2) Fr Sergius Bulgakov and Mother Maria Skobtsova.

Keywords

• Light
• St Gregory of Palamas
• Vladimir Lossky
• Archimandrite Sophrony Sakharov
• Sergius Bulgakov
• Mother Maria Skobtsova
• The Gospel of John
• Orthodox Spirituality
• Mysticism