The Debate about the Goals of St.-Petersburg Religious-Philosophical Society in Autumn 1908 and its Completion in February 1917

Authors

  • A. A. ERMICHYOV

Keywords:

Religious-philosophical society, neo-Christianity, new religious conscience, intelligentsia, nation, religious community, revolution, D.S. Merezhkovsky

Abstract

Initially, founders of the Society thought of mere theoretical debates of the problem of religion, which the discussion in Saint-Petersburg newspapers in the autumn 1917 showed. Yet in the same time, partisans of D.S. Merezhkovsky having taken leadership in the Society pointed out other goal that is education of the “religious public”. The All-Russian congress of religiousphilosophical societies planned for the spring 1917. It was supposed to dictate the congress anti-governmental and anti-church position. This article adduces reports of two meetings of the Society leaders that were dedicated to organizations of the forthcoming congress.

Published

2020-11-18

Issue

No. 2 (2013)

Section

History of Russian Philosophy

How to Cite

[1]
2020. The Debate about the Goals of St.-Petersburg Religious-Philosophical Society in Autumn 1908 and its Completion in February 1917. Voprosy Filosofii. 2 (Nov. 2020), 114–128.