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Review on: Mustaev R. Sh., Salihov N. R. Osnovyi konfessionalnyih znaniy: Uchebnoe posobie [Fundamentals of confessional knowledge: Textbook], Kazan: 2013

Pogasiy Anatoliy Kirillovich, PhD, professor, Kazan institute, East Economic-legal Humanitarian Academy (Kazan, Russia), kazan_prihod@mail.ru

Pogasiiy A. K. Review on: Mustaev R. Sh., Salihov N. R. Osnovyi konfessionalnyih znaniy: Uchebnoe posobie [Fundamentals of confessional knowledge: Textbook], Kazan: 2013, Religiya. Tserkov’. Obshchestvo. Issledovaniya i publikatsii po teologii i religii [Religion. Church. Society: Research and publications in the field of theology and religious studies], Saint-Petersburg, 2014, vol. 3, pp. 337–340.

doi: 10.24411/2308-0698-2014-00019

Language: Russian

he textbook “Fundamentals of confessional knowledge” released in 2013 seems to help students and scholars to explore a relatively new discipline for Russia — the science of religion. Number of allowances issued each year in religious studies, unfortunately, is not large, so each of them calls attention of specialists on the subject. Appreciating the very need for a such work, it should be noted that this book contents a big number of errors and typos that may mislead the reader on the key provisions of the various Christian denominations. The stated purpose of publishing — structuralisation of scientific apparatus is not only failed, but, on the contrary, instead of scientific apparatus the reader is faced with multiple speculation. Besides, the work can’t be call an original one, and it is difficult to say to what extent one can speak about the intellectual participation of the authors in the creating of the textbook. The review analyses text of the student book and examines some semantic structures. The author also concentrates on the reasons that led to publishing of such unqualified texts. The student book was written by a sport teacher and reviewed by a philosopher, while the chair of religious studies (Kazan Federal University) wasn’t attached to the process.

Key words: religious studies, theology, confessions

URL: http://rcs-almanac.ru/pogasiiy-2014-en/

Manuscripts of theological lectures by Sylvester Kulabka in the Kyiv-Mohila academy 1739–1745

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Sutorius Konstantin Vladimirovich, PhD, lector, Institute of Foreign Languages (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), sutorius@mail.ru

Sutorius K. V. Manuscripts of theological lectures by Sylvester Kulabka in the Kyiv-Mohila academy 1739–1745, Religiya. Tserkov’. Obshchestvo. Issledovaniya i publikatsii po teologii i religii [Religion. Church. Society: Research and publications in the field of theology and religious studies], Saint-Petersburg, 2014, vol. 3, pp. 337–340.

doi: 10.24411/2308-0698-2014-00018

Language: Russian

Sylvester Kulabka taught theology in the Kyiv-Mohyla academy from 1739/40 to 1744/5. His lectures aren’t yet published as almost all other theological courses which were taught there. Kulabka`s lectures are found in manuscripts, which are stored in libraries, archives and museums in the Ukraine and Russia. Description of all known manuscripts, which contain lectures, may be the first step on the way to prepare the publication of Kulabka`s lectures. Kulabka taught theology for six years, and lectures of these years are witnessed differently in known manuscripts. We found in St. Petersburg 6 manuscripts, 4 in Kyiv, 2 in Moscow, 1 in Kazan and 1 in Tver 1. Lectures of 1739/40 are contained in 4 manuscripts, of 1740/1 in 5, of 1741/2, 1742/3 and 1743/4 in 6, of 1744/5 only in 2. Two of these manuscripts have a handwriting, which looks very similar to that of Kulabka. Comparing information from manuscripts with other sources on the history of Kyiv academy we can see that most part of these manuscripts had been written by students of Kulabka. There are reasons to distinguish between manuscripts and records of lectures, because one manuscript (one binding) can contain parts of various records, which were taken by various students, and one record made by the same student can be contained in various manuscripts (bindings). Thus we can sort out 13 records. Lectures of 1743–1735 were entitled Theologicae scientiae summa and they are considered usually as a separate course, but both contents of these lectures and theological courses which were taught before and after Kulabka`s lectures, signify that lectures of 1743–1735 make up the second part of quadrennial course, which began in 1741/2.

Key words: Kiev-Mohyla Academy, theology, Silvester Kulabko, manuscripts

URL: http://rcs-almanac.ru/sutorius-2014-en/

Fake pearl: Chants of Paul Gerhardt in Russian translation

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Anton Vladimirovich Tihomirov, Doctor in theology, Theological seminary of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church (derevnya Novosaratovka, 140, Leningrad region, Russia, 193149) tikhomirov@live.com

Tihomirov A. V. Fake pearl: Chants of Paul Gerhardt in Russian translation, Religiya. Tserkov’. Obshchestvo. Issledovaniya i publikatsii po teologii i religii [Religion. Church. Society: Research and publications in the field of theology and religious studies], Saint-Petersburg, 2016, vol. 5, pp. 298–313.

doi: 10.24411/2308-0698-2016-00015

Language: Russian

The article is a cut Russian translation of the report, read 05. 27. 2016 in Lübeck at the conference «Paul Gerhard in the Baltic area». The text examines the translations of the Gerhardt’s hymns exclusively within the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Paul Gerhard (1607–1676) was the greatest poet in the history of Lutheranism, who wrote a variety of traditional Lutheran hymns, which latterly inspired work of J. S. Bach. Many Paul Gerhard’s chants sound today on worship of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia both in the original language and in the Russian translation. This publication analyzes the texts of Russian translations of hymns, which were included in the official collection of hymns of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Despite their quantity, translations of chorales don’t correspond much with the German original. This is partly because of poor language knowledge (especially in 1990s, when within the period of revival of the Lutheran liturgical life translations were prepared in a hurry) and partly because of the lack of theologically educated compilers. Trying to give more «spiritual depth», translators actually changed specific terms or even whole lines that distorted texts and vulgarized their meaning. The author notes, that the intentional desire to replace complicated poetics by banal pious rythms, is an attempt to make chants more understandable and simple for broad audience. The author comes to the conclusion that, although without hymns of Paul Gerhardt it is impossible to imagine the Lutheran service in Russia, translations do not correspond to the original texts. The great German poet and spiritual Church leader still awaits his translator.

Key words: hymns, psalms, German, theology, vulgarization, spirituality

URL: http://rcs-almanac.ru/tihomirov-a-v-2016-en/

Academic approach to religion: new challanges (instead of a preface)

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Aleksandr Michaylovich Prilutskiy, Doctor in Philosophy, professor, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (naberejnaya reki Moiki, 48/20a, St. Petersburg, Russia, 191186)

alpril@mail.ru

Prilutsky A. M. Academic approach to religion: new challanges (instead of a preface), Religiya. Tserkov’. Obshchestvo. Issledovaniya i publikatsii po teologii i religii [Religion. Church. Society: Research and publications in the field of theology and religious studies], Saint-Petersburg, 2016, vol. 5, pp. 11–17.

doi: 10.24411/2308-0698-2016-00001

Language: Russian

Introduction

Key words: theology, science, religious studies

URL: http://rcs-almanac.ru/prilutsky-a-m-2016-introduction-en/

New answers to old challenges (instead of a preface)

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Aleksandr Michaylovich Prilutskiy Doctor in philosophy, professor, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (naberezhnaya reki Moiki, 48/20a, Saint-Petersburg, Russia,191186), alpril@mail.ru

Prilutskiy A. M. New answers to old challenges (instead of a preface), Religiya. Tserkov’. Obshchestvo. Issledovaniya i publikatsii po teologii i religii [Religion. Church. Society: Research and publications in the field of theology and religious studies], Saint-Petersburg, 2017, vol. 6, pp. 11–17.

doi: 10.24411/2308-0698-2017-00001

Language: Russian

Introduction

Key words: theology, science, religious studies

URL: http://rcs-almanac.ru/prilutskiy-2017-introduction-en/