Paul Tillich’s Trinity: A Tension between its Symbolic and Dialectical Characteristics Under a Trinitarian Structure of System
0
조회
0
다운로드
0
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
This paper investigates Paul Tillich’s understanding of the Trinity. A careful analysis of Tillich’s statements has enabled us to point out three characteristics of the Trinity. First, his theological system is trinitarianly structured, where all the parts are closely and indirectly related with each other under a dynamic unity. Second, he has a symbolic understanding of the Trinity. And the last is his understanding of dialectical Trinity, which is based on his emphasis on the dialectic of divine life. In this paper each of them can be expressed as “Structural or Methodological Trinity,” “Symbolic Trinity,” and “Dialectical Trinity.” Through this analysis and observation, this paper argues that Tillich’s understanding of the Trinity is in a tension between its symbolic and dialectical characteristics under a trinitarian structure of system. Thus his understanding of the Trinity can be considered not to be closed but to be open.
Abstract
This paper investigates Paul Tillich’s understanding of the Trinity. A careful analysis of Tillich’s statements has enabled us to point out three characteristics of the Trinity. First, his theological system is trinitarianly structured, where all the parts are closely and indirectly related with each other under a dynamic unity. Second, he has a symbolic understanding of the Trinity. And the last is his understanding of dialectical Trinity, which is based on his emphasis on the dialectic of divine life. In this paper each of them can be expressed as “Structural or Methodological Trinity,” “Symbolic Trinity,” and “Dialectical Trinity.” Through this analysis and observation, this paper argues that Tillich’s understanding of the Trinity is in a tension between its symbolic and dialectical characteristics under a trinitarian structure of system. Thus his understanding of the Trinity can be considered not to be closed but to be open.
참고문헌 (21)
- Dourley, John P., "Jacob Böhme and Paul Tillich on Trinity and God:Similarities and Differences", Religious Studies, 31, pp.429~445 (1995)
- Dourley, John P, "Paul Tillich and Bonaventure: An Evaluation of Tillch’s Claim to Stand in the Augustian-Franciscan Tradition" (1975), E. J. Brill
- Dourley, John P., "Carl Gustav Jung: Critical Assessments Vol. 4", pp.202~223 (1992), Routledge
- How, Leroy T., "Tillich on the Trinity", Christian Scholar, 49(Fall), pp.206~213 (1966)
- James, Robison B., "The Pragmatism of Paul Tillich", Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society, 30(2), pp.46~53 (2004)
- Kelsey, David H, "The Fabric of Paul Tillich’s Theology" (1967), Yale University Press
- Lai, Pan-Chiu, "Towards a Trinitarian Theology of Religions: A Study of Paul Tillich’s Thought" (1994), Kok Pharos Publishing House
- O’Meara, Thomas Franklin, "Paul Tillich’s Theology of God" (1970), Listening Press
- Powell, Samuel M, "The Trinity in German Thought" (2001), Cambridge University Press
- Ring, Nancy C, "Doctrine within the Dialectic of Subjectivity and Objectivity: A Critical Study of the Positions of Paul Tillich and Bernard Lonergan" (1991), Mellen Research University Press
- Thatcher, Adrian, "The Ontology of Paul Tillich" (1978), Oxford University Press
- Tillich, Paul, "Dynamics of Faith" (2001), Harper Collins Publishers Inc.
- Tillich, Paul, "Love, Power, and Justice: Ontological Analyses and Ethical Applications" (1954), Oxford University Press
- Tillich, Paul, "Systematic Theology 3 Vols" (1963), The University of Chicago Press
- Tillich, Paul, "The Courage to Be" (1977), Fountain Books
- Tillich, Paul, "The Eternal Now" (1963), Scribner
- Tillich, Paul, "The New Being" (1955), Scribner
- Tillich, Paul, "Theology of Culture" (1959), Oxford University Press
- Tillich, Paul, "The Protestant Era" (1957), University of Chicago Press
- Tillich, Paul, "The Shaking of the Foundations" (1948), Charles Scribner’s Sons
- Tillich, Paul, "What is Religion?" (1969), Harper & Row