Sergei Bulgakov

Also known as Sergey Nikolayevich Bulgakov, Sergei Nikolaevich Bulgakov, Sergei Nikolayevich Bulgakov

Russian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871–1944)

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Born: Sergei Nikolayevich Bulgakov , 28 July 1871, Livny , Oryol Governorate , Russian Empire
Died: 12 July 1944 (1944-07-12) (aged 72), Paris , Provisional Government of the French Republic
Alma mater: Imperial Moscow University
Era: 20th-century philosophy
Region: Russian philosophy
School: Christian philosophy , Sophiology
Main interests: Philosophy of religion

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Instance of: human
Given name: Sergey
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Place of birth: Livny
Place of death: Paris
Occupation: politician
Educated at: Moscow State University, Faculty of Law
Languages spoken: Russian
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
Academic degree: Imperial Moscow University
Field of work: religious philosophy
Image: Sbulgakov.jpg

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Commons category: Sergei Bulgakov
place of burial: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
date of birth: 1871-06-16
date of death: 1944-07-12
influenced by: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: laryngeal cancer

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Biography

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