Vasilii Vasil'evich Zen'kovskii, a Russian philosopher and theologian, was born in Proskurov into the family of a teacher. Zen'kovskii studied natural sciences, history, and philology at Kiev University. In 1913–1914 he continued his education in Germany, Austria, and Italy. Following his return to Russia he was appointed a professor of psychology at Kiev University (1915–1919). In 1919 he immigrated to Yugoslavia, where he worked as a professor at the University of Belgrade (1920–1923). In 1923 he moved to Czechoslovakia, where he became the director of the Academy of Education in Prague (1923–1926). In 1926 he settled in France, where he was a professor of the Theological Academy in Paris until his death. In 1944 he was elected as dean of the academy. Like many Russian intellectuals of the time, Zen'kovskii went through a spiritual crisis in his youth. He became an atheist...