Ultimate concern ; Tillich in dialogue. [Edited by] Mackenzie Brown.

Author: Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965.

Edition Statement:[1st ed.]

Imprint:New York : Harper & Row, [1965]

Descriptionxvi, 234 p. ; 22 cm.

Note:Edited from tape recordings made during a seminar held at University of California, Santa Barbara, in the spring of 1964.

Note:Paul Tillich : " A Pervasive sense of joy" -- First dialogue : Tillich's theology -- Two concepts of religion -- What is "Ultimate concern"? -- Destiny or free will -- Second dialogue : Idolatry and demonization distinguished from ultimate concern -- Socialism, communism, nationalism, fascism -- The Origin of quasi-religions -- Are the secular religions empty? -- Are the quasi-religions necesary? -- Religion and art -- Reform or retreat -- Third dialogue : The Term "God" -- Being and existence -- Love and self-love -- Finite and infinite -- Power and vocation -- Rigidity and fragility -- Symbol and reality -- Fourth dialogue : Can Socialism replace Christianity? -- Self-criticism in Christianity and communism -- The American way of life -- Can religion be restored when replaced by socialism? -- The restoration of religious symbols -- Are the churches too narrow? -- Are Christian symbols necessary? -- Fifth dialogue : Is a Judeo-Christian dialogue possible? -- Is Judiasm a more tolerant faith? -- Universalism in christianity and Judiasm -- Grace, reconcilation, and forgiveness -- Progress in Christianity, Judiasm, and Islam -- Sixth dialogue: The Kairos in Christianity and Hinduism -- The Kairos and the Cross -- Sainthood and experience of the Kairos -- Buddha and Christ as historical figures -- Was Jesus Christ unique? -- Can Christ be distinguised from the saints? -- Christ as a symbol -- Which religious symbols are now dead? -- The Kairos and the individual -- Jesus : the image and the reality -- Seventh dialogue : What is a miracle? -- What is providence? -- Can a secular society survive? -- Must ultimate concern be self-conscious? -- Eighth dialogue : Is Paul Tillich a dangerous man? -- "Apostle to the intellectual" -- Monasticism and the priesthood -- Marriage and divorce -- Layman and monk -- Pride and self-affirmation -- Saint and sinner -- More on the uniqueness of Christ -- Christianity and Western civilization.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p.221-223.

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