Glauben als Lebenskraft
Tillich develops a non-intentional understanding of faith in his essay “The Courage to Be”. Just as the “ontological fear” belongs to the human being so also the act of faith which Tillich reinterprets with the concept of courage. Believing does not mean believing in God, but being able to live from...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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De Gruyter
2018
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International yearbook for Tillich research
Year: 2018, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-68 |
| RelBib Classification: | KDD Protestant Church NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | Tillich develops a non-intentional understanding of faith in his essay “The Courage to Be”. Just as the “ontological fear” belongs to the human being so also the act of faith which Tillich reinterprets with the concept of courage. Believing does not mean believing in God, but being able to live from the power of unconditional trust. This article makes it clear that for Tillich faith, understood as unconditional trust, is just as much a part of being human as the “ontological fear” that alone the act of faith can cope with. Finally, the significance of this understanding of faith for preaching and pastoral care which Tillich presented in his “Religious Speeches” and with which he gave important impulses to the church’s praxis is shown conclusively. |
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| ISSN: | 2190-7455 |
| Contains: | In: International yearbook for Tillich research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/iytr-2018-049 |