A. V. Kartashev as a religious thinker in the early twentieth century. (1902–1914)

In 1902 Anton Kartashev, a Professor at the St. Petersburg state University, began participating in the St. Petersburg Religious and Philosophical Meetings (1901–1903), where the intelligentsia and the Russian Church met, and in 1914 he had become a recognized leader of the religious movement for Church reform in Russia. The beginning of his intellectual path is little known, and Kartashev's reformist thought has not yet received much attention. This was a time of reflection carried away by the “new religious consciousness” (NRC) Kartashev about what the center of Christianity is, what its possibilities are, and how it is implemented in history. His years of being among “neo-Christians” formed his critical position towards the Russian Church, and his understanding of the concepts of the NRC helped to develop a philosophical view of the history of Christianity. The article explores the topics that worried Kartashev and systematizes his religious and philosophical views on the material of personal correspondence, speeches in the RFM and articles. Bringing together his speeches and statements from well-known and little-known sources leads to the conclusion that the candidate of theology Kartashev participated in the movement, having his own idea of the Church and thinking of Church reform religiously.