Contents
Prilutskiy A. M. Lessons of friendship
Philosophy of religion
Buettner C. A., von. Numerical Symbolism in the Letter of Aristeas: influence of the Old Testament tradition
Kamaldinov A. V. Аpologia of marginal religiosity in the discourse of modern Russian atheism
Mikhel D. V., Reznik O. N. About the need of theological approach to ethical issues in biomedicine and biomedical technologies
Religion and society
Lebedev V. Y., Prilutskiy A. M. Prophecies of «youth Vyacheslav» as an eschatological discourse about disasters
Boya K. S. Major socio-eco-political changes that may pose challenges for modern churches as not-for-profit organisations
History and сulture
Ancient religions and early Church
Orachev A. S. Was there an «Orphica magica» in the monuments from Thrace?
Kargaltsev A. V. Slaves in early Christian communities basing on the North African hagiography
Mamontov A. L. Internal conflicts of Donatists’ and their suppression: political and ecclesiastical factor
Prosopography
Shaposhnik V. V. Metropolitan Macarius during the period of boyar rule (1542–1547)
Petrov I. V. Activities of archpriest Pavel Kalinkin during the Second World War as factor of parish division in the Narva dioces
Source- and text studies
Akhmanova V. Yu. Binding spells on the example of four defixionum tabellae from North Africa
Criticism and bibliography
Lakhtinen N. S. Review on the monograph by V. I. Guerrier «Blessed Augustine»
Krylov P. V. Review of V. I. Musaev’s monograph «Non-confessional Christian communities in the North–West of Russia in 1900–1930»
Chronics of scientific and religious life
Rubtsova S. Yu., Reznichenko E. A. Approaches to the study of Christianity at St. Petersburg State University: a brief overview of the 300th anniversary of the University
Levin I. V. Seventh-day Adventism — the legacy and reception of the Reformation