Творчество и развитие общества в XXI веке: взгляд науки, философии и богословия

The key feature of pantheistic world view consists in the idea of necessary linkage of human being and impersonal world around him or her with gods and different higher divine realms. Human life is considered here as determined by higher divine realities. In these circumstances, free creative activity becomes deprived of any ontological content. In Christianity, God is understood as Creator who perfectly freely created human beings and the whole world around them out of nothing. Hence, Christians reckon the creative cognitive and constructive activity among their highest values. The creation of the world by God out of nothing also means that divine nature does not determine human beings, who therefore are free. In Orthodox theology, the creativity is considered to be an expression of the image of God in human being. The fullness of creative freedom, openness, and uniqueness is acquired by human being in direct communion with God and people, which implies love and responsibility. Thereby, theological principle of creativity both in church life, and in art, science, and technology consists in relatedness with Divine and human persons.

Keywords: creativity, pantheism, creation out of nothing, image of God, relatedness, freedom, responsibility, openness, uniqueness, communion, love, asceticism, art, science.

Domuschi Stefan, Priest, Moral Foundations of Creativity from Christian Point of View

The article reflects on theological views on creative abilities of the individual and their role in spiritual life. Creative capacity had been regarded in national theology as an aspect of Godly image of man manifest through co-creation. Evil that entered this world did not destroy this ability, but allows the person to select false foundations and goals for scientific, artistic and any other form of creativity that should be evaluated from the moral viewpoint. Spiritual work addressing the man himself is recognized as the necessary and the important part of creative activity.

Keywords: creativity, art, image of God, anthropology, ethics, morality.

Efimov Andrei B., Problem of Creativity in the Spiritual Heritage of Archpriest Vsevolod Shpiller

We give a summary of the theological and philosophical ideas of Archpriest Vsevolod Shpiller about creativity. Archpriest Vsevolod developed the Orthodox teaching about creation in his spiritual discussions and talks on Passies based on works of the Holy Fathers in the area of Russian religious and philosophical and theological tradition.

Keywords: Creator, a man, creation, liberty, love, sanctity, a vital way.

Gelvanovskiy Mikhail I., Synergy in the Creative Work of Scholars, Philosophers and Theologians as a Condition for the Positive Development of Science

The article reflects on a fundamental paradox conditioned by the increasing complexity of the world and the ever narrowing specialization of scholars that tend to lose sight of the big issues of development studied by philosophers and reflected upon in religious systems. Thus, science as a social institution hampers intellectual universalism that is essential for the development of society. Reduction of social authority of science and not yet sufficient authority of religion in present-day Russia intensifies the impact of this paradox on the spiritual security of the nation. In conditions of western aggressive global project aimed to dismantle cognitive identity of the “dissenting thinkers” Russian scholars, philosophers, and theologians face the task of establishing indigenous academic basis grounded in national religious and philosophical methodology primarily applicable in social sciences. Only this will assist the formation of competitive wedge for Russia as a geopolitical subject.

Key words: globalization, transnational corporations, transnational banks, megaproject, cognitive warfare, dismantling the state, socio cultural deconstruction, RAS, Russian Orthodox Church, Orthodox social teaching, program “Chrisitanity-2000”.

Kazaryan Alexander T., Creative Activity as a Problem. Psychological, Philosophical and Religious-philosophical Approaches: Brief Notes