Synopses & Reviews
In this volume, the third and last of his
Systematic Theology, Paul Tillich sets forth his ideas of the meaning of human life, the doctrine of the Spirit and the church, the trinitarian symbols, the relation of history to the Kingdom of God, and the eschatological symbols. He handles this subject matter with powerful conceptual ability and intellectual grace.
The problem of life is ambiguity. Every process of life has its contrast within itself, thus driving man to the quest for unambiguous life or life under the impact of the Spritual Presence. The Spritual Presence conquers the negativities of religion, culture, and morality, and the symbols anticipating Eternal Life present the answer to the problem of life.
Synopsis
This book is about Life and the Spirit History and the Kingdom of God.In this volume, the third and last of his Systematic Theology, Paul Tillich sets forth his ideas of the meaning of human life, the doctrine of the Spirit and the church, the trinitarian symbols, the relation of history to the Kingdom of God, and the eschatological symbols. He handles this subject matter with powerful conceptual ability and intellectual grace.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part IV - Life and the Spirit
I. Life, Its Ambiguities, and the Quest for Unambiguous Life
II. The Spritual Presence
III. The Divine Spirit and the Ambiguities of Life
IV. The Trinitarian Symbols
Part V - History and the Kingdom of God
Introduction
I. History and the Quest for the Kingdom of God
II. The Kingdom of God within History
III. The Kingdom of God as the End of History
Index