Tillich: A Guide for the Perplexed
Tillich: A Guide for the Perplexed
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567032911
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 25/09/2008
Width: 13.8 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
Tillich's main contribution to theology was to offer an account of the significance of human agency within the history of God's salvation of the world. Amidst the hopelessness of a world twice at war, Tillich introduced an apologetic theological approach, which he deemed a necessary counterpoint to the resulting despair of existentialism on one hand and the reaction of religious fundamentalism on the other.
While some historical and contextual introduction is provided, this book is focused on analyzing, clarifying and connecting the most central and difficult of Tillich's theological concepts.
1. Method
Boundary situation
Correlation (situation and message)
Dialectic
Apologetic/Answering theology (problems: supranaturalism, estrangement, Church/SC)
2. Ontology (Situation: dynamics of the human condition)
Being
Non-being
Being-itself/power of being-itself (revealed God)
3. Doctrine (Message: Answering the Problems of Theology)
God (as actualizing)
Christ (stated in human terms)
Spirit(ual Presence) (as critique of Spiritual Community)
Trinity (as model of dialectical, not paradoxical, thinking)
4. Theology (understanding history of salvation)
Essence
Existence
Essentialization
History
Salvation
5. Religion & Culture (media of the message)
Church
Protestant principle
Autonomy
Heteronomy
Theonomy
Symbols
Art
"A strong series of guides, aimed at the student market looking for more than just a basic introduction and overview on the subjects addressed. Each one is well written and contains enough information to get a student well-versed in the subjects at hand and form a strong basis for further study." Reviewed in Publishing News, 2008 Mention -Book News, February 2009 "It condenses without oversimplifying Tillich's arguments and should be helpful to students with interests in philosophy and/or theology." Religious Studies Review, Vol. 35, No. 4, December 2009
