СОЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ИДЕИ РУССКИХ РЕЛИГИОЗНЫХ МЫСЛИТЕЛЕЙ

Abstract

The relevance of this study lies in the scientific understanding and generalization of the features of Christian social teaching in the work of Russian thinkers, the influence of social ideas on the spiritual, religious life and worldview in Russia. The features of the influence of the system of Christian moral values on the national culture, art and literature are considered. The basis of the paradigm of social ideas of religious social thought, embedded in the works of the classics of Russian literature, is the spiritual side of human life, the spiritual principle of all things. The article emphasizes the connection of social concepts and ideas with the peculiarities of the Russian civilization based on Orthodoxy. Features of Russian religious social thought are presented through understanding the problems of property, inheritance rights, protection of property rights and personal freedom, morality, the right to existence and human dignity. The value of the article lies in the fact that the social concepts of Russian religious thinkers of the late XIX – early XX centuries are considered through the prism of Christian social teaching. Being mostly secular scientists and writers, they were deeply religious people, firmly standing on the positions of the Christian worldview. The topics of social problems raised by them basically coincide with the problems of Christian social teaching as a whole: the role of spirituality in social development, labor, the relationship of the individual with society, the relationship between labor and capital, etc. The social views of Russian religious thinkers in terms of depth of analysis and breadth of coverage of social problems in some cases surpass the social doctrine of the Catholic Church. It is no coincidence that many Russian scientists in this area have received international recognition. The article deals with the works of Vl. Solovieva, N.A. Berdyaeva, S.N. Bulgakov, V.F. Erna, F.M. Dostoevsky, P.I. Novgorodtsev. The article is a continuation of a series of articles devoted to the study of Russian religious thought, Christian social doctrine and interfaith relations in Russia, published earlier in the journal Vestnik UGNTU.