Georgy Fedotov
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Georgy Petrovich Fedotov (Russian: Гео́ргий Петро́вич Федо́тов, October 1 (13) 1886, Saratov, Russian Empire, – September 1, 1951, New York, US) was a Russian religious philosopher, historian, essayist, author of many books on Orthodox culture, regarded by some as a founder of Russian "theological culturology".[1] Fedotov left Soviet Russia under duress[2] for France in 1925, then in 1939 emigrated to the United States where he taught at St. Vladimir Orthodox Seminary, New York, and continued publishing books up until his death in 1951.[3]
Born
October 1, 1886
Georgy Petrovich Fedotov
October 1, 1886
DiedSeptember 1, 1951 (aged 64)
New York City, United States
Occupationhistorian, religious philosopher, theologian
NationalityRussian
Georgy Fedotov | |
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| Born | Georgy Petrovich Fedotov October 1, 1886 |
| Died | September 1, 1951 (aged 64) New York City, United States |
| Occupation | historian, religious philosopher, theologian |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Genre | religious philosophy |
He was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1946–1947.[4]
Works
- Святой Филипп митрополит Московский. — Paris: Ymca-press, 1928. — 224 с.
- Святые древней Руси (X—XVII ст.) — Paris: Ymca press, 1931. — 260 с.
- The Russian Religious Mind, New York, Harper & Brother, 1946
- A Treasury of Russian Spirituality, [comp.& ed.], London, Sheed & Ward, 1950
- St. Filipp, Metropolitan of Moscow : encounter with Ivan the Terrible, Belmont, Mass. : Nordland Pub. Co. 1978