Three Critical Issues in Tillich's Philosophical Theology

Nels Ferré

doi:10.1017/S003693060002278X

Three Critical Issues in Tillich's Philosophical Theology

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2009

Nels Ferré

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With the death of Whitehead and Berdyaev the field of philosophical theology has been left all but empty of first rate creative thinkers. Tillich stands nearly alone as undeniably a primary source of constructive philosophical theology. Such forefront leaders of modern Christian thought as Barth, Brunner Aulén and Nygren seem somewhat bound by traditional Christian formulations.

Type: Research Article
Information: Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , September 1957 , pp. 225 - 238

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S003693060002278X [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1957

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^{page 227 note 1} See his vigorous treatment of this issue in his Biblical Faith and the Search for Ultimate Reality, James Nisbet & Co., 1955.

^{page 228 note 1} See Love, Justice and Power.

^{page 228 note 2} Cf. the God above all Gods in The Courage to be.

^{page 231 note 1} In a sermon given in White Temple, Miami, Florida, January 1956 and on other occasions.

^{page 231 note 2} For a detailed analysis see Chapter 4 of my Faith and Reason.

^{page 231 note 3} The Theology of Paul Tillich, The Library of Living Theology.

^{page 232 note 1} To what extent das Unbedingte is a limiting concept or das Ding-an-sich is a nice point.

^{page 235 note 1} Systematic Theology, p. 60.

^{page 235 note 2} ibid.

^{page 235 note 3} ibid., p. 14.

^{page 235 note 4} ibid., p. 64.

^{page 238 note 1} My reasons for so believing are developed in Faith and Reason, Chapter 3, and Christian Faith and Higher Education, Chapter 7.

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