Sergei Bulgakov
Sergei Bulgakov | |
|---|---|
Bulgakov in the 1920s | |
| Born | Sergei Nikolayevich Bulgakov 28 July 1871 |
| Died | 12 July 1944 (aged 72) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Russian philosophy |
| School | Christian philosophy Sophiology |
| Main interests | Philosophy of religion |
Sergei (Sergius) Nikolayevich Bulgakov (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Булга́ков, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf]; 28 July [O.S. 16 July] 1871 – 13 July 1944) was a Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, and economist. Orthodox scholar David Bentley Hart has named Bulgakov "the greatest systematic theologian of the twentieth century." Father Sergei Bulgakov also served as a spiritual father and confessor to Mother Maria Skobtsova (who was canonized a saint by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 16 January 2004). Sergei Bulgakov is best known for his development of a theological system centered on Sophia, the Wisdom of God.