The religious thought of Alexander Bukharev and Elisabeth Behr-Sigel
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This article examines the intellectual and spiritual connections between the nineteenth-century Russian theologian Alexander Bukharev and the French Orthodox theologian Elisabeth Behr-Sigel. Michel Evdokimov conducts an analytical study of the doctrinal influences that shaped Behr-Sigel's thought, drawing in particular on the thesis she devoted to Bukharev in 1977. The article highlights the centrality of the question of the relationship between the Church and the world in Bukharev's work, a Russian monk whose singular trajectory — marked by his abandonment of monastic life in favor of a Christian vocation lived within marriage and civil society — profoundly shaped Behr-Sigel's thinking. The article's contribution lies in its demonstration of the theological continuity between these two figures, revealing a lasting lineage within modern Orthodox theology on the question of Christian engagement in the world.
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