THE CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING OF PERSONALITY IN THE PRISM OF THE DIALECTIC OF FREEDOM AND CREATIVITY

Eliseev Alexander Yemelyanovich

Bishop Alexy

Russian Christian Academy for Humanities named after F. M. Dostoevsky, Galich, Russia

Email: episcop@galicheparhia.ru

Issue: № 1 (29), 2025

Pages: 40

Annotation

In all of Christian teaching, the concept of "Creativity" or the creative act is considered from the very beginning of human history as the foundation of freedom and the cause of not only human existence but of all creation. This work examines the philosophical and theological aspects of freedom and creativity in the context of Christian anthropology. Drawing on the ideas of N. A. Berdyaev, N. O. Lossky, and other Russian thinkers, it analyzes how freedom becomes the basis of a person's creative activity. Creativity is seen as an act born from unconditioned freedom, contrasted with determined evolution. Special attention is given to the impact of the Fall on human creative freedom and the possibility of its restoration through spiritual transformation. The study also explores the difference between secular and Christian understandings of freedom and responsibility.

Keywords

freedom, creativity, personality, Christian anthropology, spiritual transformation, the correlation of freedom, creativity, and personality, spiritual freedom, creative act, self-realization, responsibility and moral law, N. A. Berdyaev, N. O. Lossky, determinism, evolution, creative act, the Fall, moral law, responsibility, communion with God, selfrealization, spiritual freedom, microcosm, ethical values. The ideas of determinism, the Fall, transcendence, spiritual transformation, supernatural being, and ethical values

For citation

Alexey (Eliseev), bishop. The christian understanding of personality in the prism of the dialectic of freedom and creativity// Ipatievsky vestnik. 2025. № 1. Р. 40–54 (In Russian). https:// doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2025–1–40–54