Dr Oliver Smith, Lecturer
Contact Details
olgs@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 463631
Office: Quad 42
Research and Teaching
My research focuses on the Russian intellectual tradition as it developed from the beginning of the nineteenth century. The bulk of my work is centred on Russian religious thought, and I have a particular interest in representatives of the Russian Spiritual Academies such as Metropolitan Platon and Fedor Golubinskii, as well as Vladimir Soloviev and his successors. As well as a monograph on Soloviev, I have published several pieces on Russian environmental thought, and am currently working on questions of biblical exegesis and the influence of the prophetic tradition on Russian thought. I teach all components of Russian language, as well as honours modules in Russian intellectual history and literature.
Publications
Vladimir Soloviev and the Spiritualization of Matter
Smith, O. L. G.
2011
Boston:
Academic Studies Press
.
298 p.
(Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History).
Research output
:
Book/Report
›
Book
The Russian Boehme
Smith, O. L. G.
2012
In:
An Introduction to Jacob Boehme: Four Centuries of Thought and Reception.
Hessayon, A. & Apetrei, S. (eds.).
Routledge
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Ethos vs. Pathos: The Ontologization of Knowledge in Russian Philosophy
Smith, O. L. G.
2012
In:
Russian Irrationalism in the Global Context: Sources and Influences.
Tabachnikova, O. (ed.).
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Eastern Christian Thought
Smith, O. L. G.
2012
In:
Creation and salvation: Essays on recent theological movements.
Conradie, E. (ed.).
Lit-Verlag
, (Studies in Religion and the Environment/Studien zur Religion und Umwelt).
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Anagogical Exegesis: The Theological Roots of Russian Hermeneutics
Smith, O. L. G.
2012
In:
Re-Thinking Russian Religious Thought.
Kornblatt, J. & Michelson, P. (eds.).
University of Wisconsin Press
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Прозрачность личности: Достоевский в творчестве русских персоналистов
Smith, O. L. G.
2012
In:
Ф.М. Достоевский и культура Серебряного века.
Vodolei
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Inside Out: Good, Evil and the Question of Inspiration
Smith, O. L. G.
2011
In:
Vekhi 100 Year On: Ideas, Reception, Significance.
Coates, R. (ed.). Madison, WI:
Wisconsin University Press
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
The Ecology of History: Russian Thought on the Future of the World
Smith, O. L. G.
2011
In:
Ecological Awareness: Exploring Religion, Ethics and Aesthetics.
Bergmann, S. & Eaton, H. (eds.). Berlin:
Lit-Verlag
,
p. 113-32.
19 p.
(Studies in Religion and the Environment/Studien zur Religion und Umwelt).
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
The Quality of Becoming: Sophia and Sophiology in Istorija Stanovlenija Samosoznajuščej Duši
Smith, O. L. G.
15-Aug-2011
In :
Russian Literature
.
70
,
1-2
,
p. 121-135.
14 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Is Humanity King to Creation? The Thought of Vladimir Solov'ev in the Light of Ecological Crisis
Smith, O. L. G.
2008
In :
Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
.
2
,
4
,
p. 443-62.
18 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
The Sophianic Task in the Work of Vladimir Solov’ëv
Smith, O. L. G.
2007
In :
Journal of Eastern Christian Studies
.
59
,
3-4
,
p. 167-83.
16 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article