For For readers interested in Russian history and culture seen through Christian eyes; radio talks, not an academic history.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
Radio talks on the Christian roots of Russian culture, given to Soviet listeners in 1970-71.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural1 of 5
Experiential1 of 5
Sociological5 of 5
Historical4 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A series of talks Schmemann broadcast over Radio Liberty in 1970 and 1971 on the foundations of Russian culture, published in Russian in Moscow by the St Tikhon's Orthodox University press (PSTGU) in 2017. An English translation by Nathan K. Williams, with a foreword by his son Serge Schmemann, was published by Holy Trinity Publications in 2023 as Foundations of Russian Culture, the first of his works issued by that press.
