Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate RealityDr. Tillich shows here that in spite of the contrast between philosophical and biblical language, it is neither necessary nor possible to separate them from each other. On the contrary, all the symbols used in biblical religion drive inescapably toward the philosophical quest for being. An important statement of a great theologian's position, this book presents an eloquent plea for the essential function of philosophy in religious thought. |
Contents
BASIC CONCEPTS | 1 |
2 The Meaning of Philosophy | 5 |
HUMAN EXISTENCE AND THE QUESTION OF BEING | 11 |
2 Philosophical Objections | 14 |
3 The Philosophical Attitude | 18 |
THE FOUNDATION OF BIBLICAL PERSONALISM | 21 |
2 The Special Character of Biblical Personalism | 26 |
PERSONALISM AND THE DIVINEHUMAN RELATIONSHIP | 29 |
MAN IN THE LIGHT OF BIBLICAL PERSONALISM | 43 |
2 Biblical Personalism and Mans Social Existence | 47 |
3 Faith and Sin in Biblical Religion | 51 |
4 Faith Doubt and the Ontological Question | 58 |
THE ONTOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IMPLIED IN THE SUBJECTIVE SIDE OF BIBLICAL RELIGION | 63 |
2 Ethics of Grace and Ethics of Decision | 67 |
3 Solitude and Love in Biblical Religion and Ontology | 70 |
THE ONTOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IMPLIED IN THE OBJECTIVE SIDE OF BIBLICAL RELIGION | 73 |
2 Biblical Personalisn and the Word | 31 |
PERSONALISM AND THE DIVINE MANIFESTATIONS | 35 |
2 Personalistn and Christology | 37 |
3 Personalism History and Eschatology | 39 |
2 The DivineHuman Relationship and the Search for Ultimate Reality | 78 |
3 God as the Ground of Being in Ontology and Biblical Religion | 81 |
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