Monograph ""The Church is not an Academy": Russian extra-academic theology of the 19th century" is devoted to the history and analysis of theological works and ideas of representatives of secular society who did not have a spiritual and academic education, but nevertheless sought to express their understanding of the most important dogmas of the Church. Among them are such famous philosophers and writers as A.S. Khomyakov, Yu.F. Samarin, N.V. Gogol, F.M. Dostoevsky, V.S. Soloviev and others.