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                            Bulgakov Live Journal Article

Sophia-Spirit and the Role of Mary in the Theology of Sergius Bulgakov

By Madonna Sophia Compton

Contents

Introduction and Hymns to Sophia from the Wisdom Literature

Chapter One: Sacred Dwelling: The Early Link with Wisdom and Spirit: Bulgakov’s

understanding of the origins of Sophiology

Chapter Two: Grasping at Images of the Spirit: An Overview of Pneumatology

Chapter Three: God the Mother and the Mother of God: the Shekinah and Bulgakov’s

Spirit of God in the World

Chapter Four: The Dyad of Logos and Spirit in the early Church: the “Two Hands of

God”

Chapter Five: The Elusive Bridegroom: Sophia, Spirit, and the Apophatic

Chapter Six: The Burning Bush and Bulgakov’s Kataphatic Theology

Chapter Seven: Theotokos: the Vessel for Divine Wisdom

Chapter Eight: Bulgakov’s Mariology: The Holy Spirit and Mary

The paper submitted to the Bulgakov Conference in 2008 can be purchased here