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The founder of modern Russian philosophy, Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900) is widely considered its greatest practitioner. Together with Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, he is one of the towering intellectual figures in late-nineteenth-century Russia, and his diverse writings influenced much of the non-Marxist tradition of twentieth-century Russian thought. Philosopher, journalist, poet, and playwright, Solovyov was also a mystic who claimed to have had three visions of Divine Sophia. [HEIDI: NOT ITAL] This personification of wisdom with golden hair and a radiant aura echoes both the eternal feminine and the world soul. Rooted in Christian and Jewish mysticism, Eastern Orthodox iconography, Greek philosophy, and European romanticism, the Sophiology that suffuses Solovyov's philosophical and artistic works is both intellectually sophisticated and profoundly inspiring.

Judith Deutsch Kornblatt brings together key texts from Solovyov's writings about Sophia: poetry, fiction, drama, and philosophy, all extensively annotated and some available in English for the first time (with assistance from the translators Boris Jakim and Laury Magnus). In the comprehensive introductory essay that encompasses the book's first half, Kornblatt establishes the historical, philosophical, religious, and literary context of Solovyov's Sophiology, emphasizing its connection to contemporaneous religious and philosophical thought as well as other social and cultural trends in Europe and the United States-for example, Solovyov's reactions to his changing world ran parallel to and sometimes intersected with those of Darwin, Nietzsche, and William James.

Sophiology is once again finding enthusiasts both in Russia and among seekers around the world. The definitive introduction to Solovyov's wisdom and its profound impact on Russian thought and culture, Divine Sophia makes Solovyov's mystical visions and literary "re-visions" of Sophia accessible to scholars and lay readers alike. Solovyov's wisdom writings captivated several generations of poets and philosophers during the pre- and postrevolutionary periods in Russia and abroad. In particular, his Sophiology had a profound influence on such major figures of Russia's Silver Age as Alexander Blok, Andrei Belyi, Pavel Florensky, and Sergei Bulgakov..
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Foreword by David Bentley Hart

After passing through atheism, nihilism, and sundry visions of life offered by Continental philosophy, Vladimir Solovyov emerged as a Christian thinker of irrepressible conviction and uncommon genius. "The Justification of the Good," one of Solovyov's last and most mature works, presents a profound argument for human morality based on the active presence of God's goodness in the world.

In the first part of the book Solovyov explores humanity's inner virtues, weaving his moral philosophy with threads drawn from Orthodox theology. In the second part Solovyov discusses the practical implications of his views, showing how Christian goodness ought to express itself in such areas as marriage, property, government, economics, and culture. This edition of "The Justification of the Good" reproduces the English edition of 1918 and is the only new publication of this work since that date. The book includes a bibliography, compiled by esteemed scholar Boris Jakim, of Solovyov's major philosophical and religious works..
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What is the meaning of love's intense emotion? Solovyov points to the spark of divinity that we see in another human being and shows how this "living ideal of Divine love, antecedent to our love, contains in itself the secret of the idealization of our love."

According to Solovyov, love between men and women has a key role to play in the mystical transfiguration of the world. Love, which allows one person to find unconditional completion in another, becomes an evolutionary strategy for overcoming cosmic disintegration..
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Applied theory of rective barriers to gas permeation(first ever); chapter on nanocomposite barriers in packaging (first ever); A practical reference for optimized design data of barrier structures (first ever); New tools for barrier performance prediction and testing Hundreds of worked problems and EXCEL-based calculations This book is a systematic and comprehensive presentation of the structure and barrier properties of polymer films. Starting from a presentation of how gases and liquid solutes permeate films, the book explains the performance limits of polymer barriers under multiple conditions and with many types of permeants. Information on mass transport within films is related to film structure, and in turn is used to illustrate how engineers can predict properties and performance for single and multilayer barriers. The technology offered here will enable packaging engineers, food scientists, and polymer specialists to design highly specific barriers using polymers by providing the tools to carry out materials selection, multilayer design, and chemical analysis. Chapter 1: Overview 1.1 Audience 1.2 Scope 1.3 Terminology 1.4 Principles of Active Packaging 1.5 Introduction to Membranes 1.6 Barrier Materials 1.7 Classification of Reactive Processes in Membranes 1.8 Multilayer Reactive-Passive Structures 1.9 Omissions 1.10 References Chapter 2: Steady-State Theory for Homogeneous Passive and Reactive Barriers 2.1 Fundamentals of Gas Permeation through Polymeric Membranes 2.2 Diffusion Equations 2.3 Permeability of Isotropic Passive Membrane 2.4 Reference Lead and Lag Times 2.5 Diffusion Coupled with Homogeneous Reaction 2.6 Reversible Reactions and Species Mobility 2.7 Membrane with Irreversible Catalytic Reaction 2.8 Effective Transmission Rate and Barrier Performance 2.9 Zero Effective Flux Criterion 2.10 References Chapter 3: Permeation Through Passive Heterogeneous Structures 3.1 Multilayer Film Technology 3.2 Transport through Two Layer Laminates 3.3 Generalized Multilayer Barriers 3.4 Structural Identity 3.5 Failure of Permeability Concept 3.6 Continuously Varying Heterogeneous Media 3.7 Biasing Potentials and Convection 3.8 References Chapter 4: Theory of Transient Permeation 4.1 Transient Diffusion without Reaction 4.2 Reactive Membrane with Non-Catalytic Scavenger 4.3 Simplified Wavefront Solution for Reactive Monolayer 4.4 Scavenger Exhaustion Time for Instantaneous Reaction 4.5 Two-Layer Reactive-Passive Structures in Steady State 4.6 Two-Layer Passive-Reactive Structures in Steady State 4.7 The Concept of Semi-Permeable Reaction Wavefront 4.8 Steady-Unsteady Solution Matching Method for Dynamic Interfaces 4.9 Permeation Dynamics and Transient Ingress 4.10 Effects of Reactive Membrane Parameters on Steady-State Lead and Lag Times 4.11 Passive-to-Reactive Transition in Activated Reactive Layer 4.12 References Chapter 5: Interactions with Package Contents 5.1 Introduction to Interphase Equilibrium 5.2 Unidirectional Diffusion into Packaged Product 5.3 Solute Consumption by Packaged Product 5.4 Bidirectional Diffusion into Reactive Membrane 5.5 Solute Removal from Package Headspace 5.6 Evaluation of Product Shelf Life 5.7 References Chapter 6: Structure-Property Relationships in Reactive Barriers 6.1 Normalization of Parameters 6.2 Scavenger Placement in Homogeneous Polymer Matrix 6.3 Scavenger Dispersed in Multilayer Structure 6.4 Transient Permeation Through Reactive-Passive Membrane 6.5 Transient Permeation Through Passive-Reactive Membrane 6.6 Implications for Barrier Design Chapter 7: Optimized Design of Multilayer Reactive Barriers 7.1 Optimization of Passive Multilayer Structures 7.2 Restrictions Imposed by Layer Functionality 7.3 Factors Controlling Reactive Barrier Desig (4 more additional chapters).
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Less known in the anglophone world than Berdyaev (who was a pupil of his), or Martin Buber, Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900), philosopher, mystic, poet, has nevertheless a contribution of the first importance to offer to Western scholarship. He came from a rich and not yet fully understood tradition; his erudition was stupendous. Like his predecessors he was extremely sensitive to such problems as the religious meaning of history, of creativity, of culture. It is important to emphasize a general link between Solovyov and preceding currents of Russian thought, for his Christian philosophy in a sense embraces them all. Dostoyevsky and Leo Tolstoy sat at his feet. Godmanhood is the problem of restoring all mankind; it is a concept of salvation as a process of becoming divine. The differences between the Orthodox, Roman, and Anglo-Catholic and many of the Protestant Churches are not found in relation to the great dogmas or articles of the creed. Solovyov has a vital and unique message to Christians of all denominations; he offers a basis for reunion rarely suggested in Western Christianity..
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Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) was one of the most remarkable figures of the 19th century. He was the most important Russian speculative thinker of that century, publishing major works on theoretical philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and ethics. He also wrote profound religious verse, much of which is translated into English here for the first time. Included are all of the short lyric poems; Three Meetings, an autobiographical poem of mystical visions; The White Lily, a comical—mystical play, a genre invented by Solovyov; and a ground-breaking essay (translated into English for the first time) on Solovyov’s poetry by the eminent theologian Sergius Bulgakov. The most important poems are sophianic, in that they express a personal relation to Sophia, whom Solovyov encountered several times during his life. This book presents an aspect of Solovyov’s work that most readers are unaware of; it enables us to watch a spiritual genius plumbing the depths of cosmic truth..
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The Russian school of modern Orthodox theology has made an immense but undervalued contribution to Christian thought. This groundbreaking study introduces the Russian school through the life and thought of three of its greatest thinkers, each representing a generation—Aleksandr Bukharev (1824–1871), Vladimir Soloviev (1853–1901), and Father Sergii Bulgakov (1871–1944).

Author Paul Valliere provides biographical sketches and historical background on these Russian-school thinkers. The primary concern of the book, however, is with the thought of each theologian. Working almost exclusively from Russian language primary sources, Valliere explores the many creative ideas devised or adapted by the Russian school, such as the humanity of God, kenotic christology, sophiology, panhumanity, free theocracy, church-and-world dogmatics, and prophetic ecumenism. Offering the first account in English of Bukharev’s thought and the most complete analysis of Bulgakov’s dogmatic theology, this volume is the best study of Russian theology now available..
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