Issue #28

Abstract: Dyachenko G. V. The Doctrine of the Word (λόγος) of Man by St. Gregory of Nyssa. — Moscow: Indrik, 2019. — 320 p. The book is devoted to the systematization of the theological and philosophical doctrine of the word (λόγος) in the works of Gregory of Nyssa, who polemicized with the Arian Eunomius. The model of man’s cognition and naming of God and the world is analyzed, as well as the critique of the identification of name and thing.
Nefedov S. A. Factor Analysis of the Historical Process: Historical Experience of Traditional Societies of the East. — Moscow: Academic Project, 2019. — 675 p. The causal conditionality of the present by past events, demographic fluctuations, technical innovations, external influences (including wars) and the geographical factor are studied. Factor analysis is applied to the study of traditional societies of the East.
Agamben G. The Highest Poverty. Monastic Rules and Form of Life / Transl. from Italian and Latin by S. Ermakov, ed. by D. Raskov, A. Pogrebnyak. — Moscow: Gaidar Institute Press, 2020. — 216 p. The book reconstructs the meaning of Western monasticism from Pachomius to St. Francis, analyzing the attitude to time, the role of rules, asceticism and liturgy. It argues that “the highest poverty” represents a challenge to the law.
Kapten G. Yu. The Problem of the Sacralization of War in Byzantine Theology and Historiography. — St. Petersburg: RCHA Publishing House, 2020. — 263 p. The book is devoted to the study of the concept of holy war in Byzantium, the relationship between military prowess and Christian piety, and the role of the emperor as defender of Orthodoxy.
Sufism: The Development of Mystical Language in the Works of al-Niffari / Transl. from Arabic by R. V. Pskhu. — Moscow: Sadra, 2020. — 208 p. The first Russian translation of the main works of the 10th-century Arab mystic Muhammad ben ‘Abd al-Jabbar al-Niffari, whose texts are structured as dialogues between God and the adept.
The Writings of the Venerable Bede and the Intellectual Traditions of His Era / Ed. by M. Petrova. — St. Petersburg: Aquilon, 2020. — 624 p., ill. The worldview of the medieval scholar, historian and theologian Bede the Venerable (672/3–735) is studied, and the ancient ideas and theories he adopted and transformed in the Middle Ages are analyzed.