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Equally accessible to college students as well as general readers, this book is the most succint and accessible introduction to Paul Tillich's ideas about religion. This is a graceful and digestible volume. In it, one of the best known theologians, Tillich, explores the idea of faith in all its dimensions defining the subject in the process. As Reinhold Niebuhr wrote in the New York Times Book Review, “ Paul Tillich is a giant among us.”

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From one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers comes his most succinct and accessible introduction to religion

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One of the greatest books ever written on the subject, Dynamics of Faithis a primer in the philosophy of religion. Paul Tillich, a leading theologian of the twentieth century, explores the idea of faith in all its dimensions, while defining the concept in the process.

This graceful and accessible volume contains a new introduction by Marion Pauck, Tillich's biographer.

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One of the greatest books ever written on the subject, Dynamics of Faithis a primer in the philosophy of religion. Paul Tillich, a leading theologian of the twentieth century, explores the idea of faith in all its dimensions, while defining the concept in the process.

This graceful and accessible volume contains a new introduction by Marion Pauck, Tillich's biographer.

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Paul Tillich (1886-1965), one of the great theologians of the twentieth century, taught at Union Theological Seminary, New York, and then at the University of Chicago and Harvard University.
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booklover10, February 10, 2011 (view all comments by booklover10)
In this fascinating yet accessible study of all things faith, Tillich brilliantly tears down many common myths about faith – such as the contention that reason and faith oppose each other – while arguing that all people have faith (which he defines as ultimate concern), they just have faith in different things. Interesting (and certainly not preachy) even for those who don’t consider themselves spiritual or religious, and a must read for those that do, this book will blow your mind (in a good way, of course) and challenge your notions of God, being, religious symbols (including scripture), salvation, truth, and, of course, faith. For example, he argues that the “presupposition…that God is a being, acting in time and space, dwelling in a special place, affecting the course of events and being affected by them like any other being in the universe,” is idolatrous, because taking the symbol of God literally “deprives God of his ultimacy and…of his majesty. It draws him down to the level of that which is not ultimate, the finite and conditional” (pgs. 59-60). At all intrigued, or even offended? Then do yourself a favor and pick up this book. It’ll change your life. (And if enough people do, religious intolerance and destructive fundamentalism just might become a thing of the past.)
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060937133
Author:
Tillich, Paul
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
by Paul Tillich
Location:
New York
Subject:
Religious
Subject:
Faith
Subject:
Christianity - Christian Life
Subject:
Christianity - Christian Life - General
Subject:
Christian Life - General
Subject:
Christianity - General
Copyright:
2001
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Series:
Perennial Classics
Publication Date:
20011031
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
8.10x5.26x.44 in. .36 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , From one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers comes his most succinct and accessible introduction to religion
"Synopsis" by ,

One of the greatest books ever written on the subject, Dynamics of Faithis a primer in the philosophy of religion. Paul Tillich, a leading theologian of the twentieth century, explores the idea of faith in all its dimensions, while defining the concept in the process.

This graceful and accessible volume contains a new introduction by Marion Pauck, Tillich's biographer.
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One of the greatest books ever written on the subject, Dynamics of Faithis a primer in the philosophy of religion. Paul Tillich, a leading theologian of the twentieth century, explores the idea of faith in all its dimensions, while defining the concept in the process.

This graceful and accessible volume contains a new introduction by Marion Pauck, Tillich's biographer.
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