Idea of Christian Humanism in Philosophy of S. L. Frank

The article examines the views of the Russian philosopher S. L. Frank concerning the causes of the crisis of the “humanistic faith”, which led Christian society to revolutionary explosions. For Frank, this topic was relevant as far back as in the 1920s and was primarily connected with the awareness of the religious and historical meaning of the Russian revolution. The Russian Revolution was a continuation of the spiritual rebellion in the Renaissance, the Reformation, the English and French Revolutions, and the essence of the spiritual crisis is the loss of ontological roots, the loss of connection with God. The philosopher examines Christian foundations of humanism, links the idea of denunciation of the humiliated state of man in relation to God, inherent in Western Christianity, with the theological system of St. Augustine, and points out the difference in the views of the mystics. The latter spoke of the inner kinship between man and God, the unity of the Creator and creation, the immanent connection between God and man. Frank revealed the immanence of the divine principle to man using the “spark” concept example of the German mystic Eckhart. The rebellion of man against God, the roots of which are in the experience of man’s creatureliness, his otherness, manifested itself in a spiritual revolution or transition from Christianity to non-religious humanism. The overcoming of this nonreligious humanism is hidden in the concept of God-manhood as an unbreakable bond between God and human.