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Mikhail Sergeev is a historian of philosophy and religion whose work examines the transformation of religious consciousness in modernity. His research explores the relationship between tradition and secular reason and the conditions under which faith remains intellectually responsible while thought remains spiritually open.

He has taught philosophy and religious studies in the United States for more than three decades, including at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Sergeev is the author and contributing editor of fifteen books and more than two hundred scholarly, literary, and journalistic publications issued in North America, Europe, and Asia. His monograph Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity, and the Bahá’í Faith (Brill, 2015) investigates patterns of religious development in the context of modern historical change.