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- Paul Tillich has defined faith as 'the state of being ultimately concerned' (Tillich, 1957b, p. 1). This is to define faith by its psychic character rather than by its specific content. Whatever is regarded as ultimately important in one's life is in effect the object or subject of one's faith.
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Mar 21, 2024 · In understanding Tillich’s theology, it is important to begin with his two key concepts: faith and God. Tillich considered faith not a belief in the unbelievable, but the ‘state of being grasped by an ultimate concern’; and he conceived of God not as a being, but as ‘the ground of being’.
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Paul Tillich has defined faith as 'the state of being ultimately concerned' (Tillich, 1957b, p. 1). This is to define faith by its psychic character rather than by its specific content. Whatever is regarded as ultimately important in one's life is in effect the object or subject of one's faith.
- Stanley Grean
- 1993
Unless Tillich is correct about God, he is not (however many good things he has to say) fully correct about Christ, about human society, or about the personal self. For Tillich, God is “the answer to the question implied in being”; He is known when man is “in the state of ultimate concern.”
In the first chapter, Tillich succinctly delineates his own definition of faith. Put quite simply, faith is “the state of being ultimately concerned,” the dynamics of which are “the dynamics of man’s ultimate concern” (1).
An arguably central component of Tillich's concept of faith is his notion that faith is "ecstatic". That is to say: It transcends both the drives of the nonrational unconsciousness and the structures of the rational conscious ... the ecstatic character of faith does not exclude its rational character although it is not identical with it, and it ...
One of the greatest books ever written on the subject, Dynamics of Faith is 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.
In his introduction to Dynamics of Faith, Paul Tillich states: 'There is hardly a word in the religious language, both theological and popular, which is subject to more misunderstandings, distortions, and questionable definitions than the word “faith”' (DF, ix).
