Systematic Theology, Volume 3 by Tillich, Paul -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Copyright Title Page Dedication Preface Contents Introduction PART IV. Life and the Spirit

I. Life, Its Ambiguities, and the Quest For Unambiguous Life

A. The Multidimensional Unity of Life

1. Life: Essence and Existence 2. The Case against “Levels” 3. Dimensions, Realms, Degrees 4. The Dimensions of Life and Their Relations

a) The Dimensions in the Inorganic and Organic Realms b) The Meaning of Spirit as a Dimension of Life c) The Dimension of Spirit in Its Relation to the Preceding Dimensions d) Norms and Values in the Dimension of Spirit

B. The Self-actualization of Life and Its Ambiguities Fundamental Consideration: The Basic Functions of Life and the Nature of Their Ambiguity

1. The Self-integration of Life and Its Ambiguities

a) Individualization and Centeredness b) Self-integration and Disintegration in General: Health and Disease c) The Self-integration of Life in the Dimension of Spirit: Morality, or the Constitution of the Personal Self d) The Ambiguities of Personal Self-integration: The Possible, the Real, and the Ambiguity of Sacrifice e) The Ambiguities of the Moral Law: The Moral Imperative, the Moral Norms, the Moral Motivation

2. The Self-creativity of Life and Its Ambiguities

a) Dynamics and Growth b) Self-creativity and Destruction outside the Dimension of Spirit: Life and Death c) The Self-creativity of Life under the Dimension of Spirit: Culture d) The Ambiguities of the Cultural Act: The Creation and the Destruction of Meaning e) The Ambiguity of Humanism

3. The Self-transcendence of Life and Its Ambiguities

a) Freedom and Finitude b) Self-transcendence and Profanization in General: The Greatness of Life and Its Ambiguities c) The Great and the Tragic d) Religion in Relation to Morality and Culture e) The Ambiguities of Religion

C. The Quest for Unambiguous Life and the Symbols of Its Anticipation

II. The Spiritual Presence

A. The Manifestation of the Spiritual Presence in the Spirit of Man

1. The Character of the Manifestation of the Divine Spirit in the Human Spirit

a) Human Spirit and Divine Spirit in Principle b) Structure and Ecstasy c) The Media of the Spiritual Presence

2. The Content of the Manifestation of the Divine Spirit in the Human Spirit: Faith and Love

a) The Transcendent Union and the Participation in it b) The Spiritual Presence Manifest as Faith c) The Spiritual Presence Manifest as Love

B. The Manifestation of the Spiritual Presence in Historical Mankind

1. Spirit and New Being: Ambiguity and Fragment 2. The Spiritual Presence and the Anticipation of the New Being in the Religions 3. The Spiritual Presence in Jesus as the Christ: Spirit Christology 4. The Spiritual Presence and the New Being in the Spiritual Commmunity

a) The New Being in Jesus as the Christ and in the Spiritual Community b) The Spiritual Community in Its Latent and in Its Manifest Stages c) The Marks of the Spiritual Community d) The Spiritual Community and the Unity of Religion, Culture, and Morality

III. The Divine Spirit and the Ambiguities of Life

A. The Spiritual Presence and the Amibuities of Religion

1. The Spiritual Community, the Church, and the Churches

a) The Ontological Character of the Spiritual Community b) The Paradox of the Churches

2. The Life of the Churches and the Struggle against the Ambiguities of Religion

a) Faith and Love in the Life of the Churches b) The Functions of the Churches, Their Ambiguities, and the Spiritual Community

3. The Individual in the Church and The Spiritual Presence

a) The Entering of the Individual into a Church and the Experience of Conversion b) The Individual within the Church and the Experience of the New Being

4. The Conquest of Religion by the Spiritual Presence and the Protestant Principle

B. The Spiritual Presence and the Ambiguities of Culture

1. Religion and Culture in the Light of the Spiritual Presence 2. Humanism and the Idea of Theonomy 3. Theonomous Manifestations of the Spiritual Presence

a) Theonomy: Truth and Expressiveness b) Theonomy: Purpose and Humanity c) Theonomy: Power and Justice

C. The Spiritual Presence and the Ambiguities of Morality

1. Religion and Morality in the Light of the Spiritual Presence: Theonomous Morality 2. The Spiritual Presence and the Ambiguities of Personal Self-integration 3. The Spiritual Presence and the Ambiguities of the Moral Law

D. The Healing Power of the Spiritual Presence and the Ambiguities of Life in General

1. The Spiritual Presence and the Ambiguities of Life in General 2. Healing, Salvation, and the Spiritual Presence

IV. The Trinitarian Symbols

A. The Motives of the Trinitarian Symbolism B. The Trinitarian Dogma C. Reopening the Trinitarian Problem

PART V. History and the Kingdom of God

Introduction: The Systematic Place of the Fifth Part of the Theological System and the Historical Dimension of Life I. History and the Quest for the Kingdom of God

A. Life and History

1. Man and History

a) History and Historical Consciousness b) The Historical Dimension in the Light of Human History c) Prehistory and Posthistory d) The Bearers of History: Communities, Personalities, Mankind

2. History and the Categories of Being

a) Life Processes and Categories b) Time, Space, and the Dimensions of Life in General c) Time and Space under the Dimension of History d) Causality, Substance, and the Dimensions of Life in General e) Causality and Substance under the Dimension of History

3. The Dynamics of History

a) The Movement of History: Trends, Structures, Periods b) History and the Processes of Life c) Historical Progress: Its Reality and Its Limits

B. The Ambiguities of Life under the Historical Dimension

1. The Ambiguities of Historical Self-integration: Empire and Centralization 2. The Ambiguities of Historical Self-creativity: Revolution and Reaction 3. The Ambiguities of Historical Self-transcendence: The “Third Stage” as Given and as Expected 4. The Ambiguities of the Individual in History

C. Interpretations of History and the Quest for the Kingdom of God

1. The Nature and the Problem of an Interpretation of History 2. Negative Answers to the Question of the Meaning of History 3. Positive but Inadequate Answers to the Question of the Meaning of History 4. The Symbol “Kingdom of God” as the Answer to the Question of the Meaning of History

a) The Characteristics of the Symbol “Kingdom of God” b) The Immanent and the Transcendent Element in the Symbol “Kingdom of God”

II. The Kingdom of God Within History

A. The Dynamics of History and the New Being

1. The Idea of “History of Salvation” 2. The Central Manifestation of the Kingdom of God in History 3. Kairos and Kairoi 4. Historical Providence

B. The Kingdom of God and the Churches

1. The Churches as the Representatives of the Kingdom of God in History 2. The Kingdom of God and the History of the Churches

C. The Kingdom of God and World History

1. Church History and World History 2. The Kingdom of God and the Ambiguities of Historical Self-integration 3. The Kingdom of God and the Ambiguities of Historical Self-creativity 4. The Kingdom of God and the Ambiguities of Historical Self-transcendence 5. The Kingdom of God and the Ambiguities of the Individual in History

III. The Kingdom of God as the End of History

A. The End of History or Eternal Life

1. The Double Meaning of “End of History” and the Permanent Presence of the End 2. The End of History as the Elevation of the Temporal into Eternity 3. The End of History as the Exposure of the Negative as Negative or the “Ultimate Judgment” 4. The End of History and the Final Conquest of the Ambiguities of Life 5. Eternal Blessedness as the Eternal Conquest of the Negative

B. The Individual Person and His Eternal Destiny

1. Universal and Individual Fulfilment 2. Immortality as Symbol and as Concept 3. The Meaning of Resurrection 4. Eternal Life and Eternal Death

C. The Kingdom of God: Time and Eternity

1. Eternity and the Movement of Time 2. Eternal Life and Divine Life

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