The Experiential Grounding of Bulgakov’s Sophiological Theology

Abstract: Sergius Bulgakov, Orthodox priest and philosophical theologian, made it a point of including, in several of his writings, accounts of epiphanic moments that constitute experiential groundings for the strenuous thinking produced in his sophiological theology. They are instructive both in regard to his personal life and as pathways into some of the most central themes of his work, namely, consubstantiality, interconnectedness, death/ dying, Divine-humanity, and catholicity.

Keywords: Sophia, Epiphany, Sophiological Theology, Spiritual Experience