{"product_id":"the-beginning-and-the-end-hardcover","title":"The Beginning and the End - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikolai Berdyaev\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBoris Jakim\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe great Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948) believed that the dawn of the twentieth century would bring an end to the old atheistic and positivistic worldview and the beginning of a new era of the spirit. His philosophy goes beyond mere rational conceptualization and tries to attain authentic life itself: the profound layers of existence in contact with the divine world. He directed all his efforts-philosophical as well as in his personal and public life-at replacing the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of God. According to him, we can all attempt this by tapping the divine creative powers that constitute our true nature. Our mission is to be collaborators with God in His continuing creation of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten at the beginning of the world apocalypse that was World War II, The Beginning and the End is Nikolai Berdyaev's primary work on eschatology. He describes his book as an \"essay in the epistemological and metaphysical interpretation of the end of the world, of the end of history.\" For Berdyaev, the end of the world is a divine-human enterprise: man not only endures the end, he prepares the way for it. Man's creative activity is needed for the coming of the kingdom of God. Yes, God has need of this activity, and awaits it. Moreover, the eschatological outlook is not limited to the prospect of the end of the world, but embraces every instant of life: \"What one needs to do at every moment of one's life is to put an end to the old world and to begin a new world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Nikolai Berdyaev's writings are always insightful, penetrating, passionate, committed-expressions of the whole person. They are as intensely alive now as when they were first written.\"-Richard Pevear, translator of \u003cem\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nikolai Berdyaev's writings retain their freshness as vehicles for thinking not just about the future of Russia, but about the spiritual challenges facing the modern world.\"-Paul Vallier, author of \u003cem\u003eModern Russian Theology: Bukharev, Soloviev, Bulgakov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nikolai Berdyaev is one of the few who have found the Christian answer, and yet do not cease to question with those whose lives are still torn asunder by disbelief, doubt, and sufferings; one of the few who dare to be, as thinkers, Christians and, as Christians, thinkers.\"-Evgeny Lampert, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Apocalypse of History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoris Jakim has translated and edited many books in the field of Russian religious thought. His translations include S. L. Frank's \u003cem\u003eThe Unknowable\u003c\/em\u003e, Pavel Florensky's \u003cem\u003eThe Pillar and Ground of the Truth\u003c\/em\u003e, Vladimir Solovyov's \u003cem\u003eLectures on Divine Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e, and Sergius Bulgakov's \u003cem\u003eThe Bride of the Lamb\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779069378848,"sku":"9781597311991","price":46.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/50d09214f5a6da9f167422c40c201f7d.webp?v=1780511143","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-beginning-and-the-end-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}