Religion not only within the Bounds of Bare Reason

Abstract

The review is devoted to the analysis of the monograph by K.M. Antonov, which represents a fundamentally new and original methodological approach that allows you to look at the history of Russian philosophy of the late XVIII – early XX centuries as a “secular alternative” to the traditional theology. Because of this new methodology it becomes possible to correlate the ideas of Russian thinkers of that era with the problems of modern religious studies, philosophy of religion and philosophical theology. The work of Antonov in this regard can rightfully be called the "continuation" of classical works on the history of Russian religious philosophy by V.V. Zenkovsky, N.O. Lossky and G.V. Florovsky.