Tag: Paul Tillich
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 1: I AM — From the Name of God to the Structure of Reality
“I AM WHO I AM.”— Exodus 3:14 “Before Abraham was, I am.”— John 8:58 The First Unveiling When Moses asks God for a name, he is asking for something familiar: a word he can carry back to the people, a way to speak of the divine. But the answer he receives is not a name…
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Post 15 – God, Beyond God, and More than God
The truth of Being, freed from the error of nihilism, demands a profound reconfiguration of how we perceive reality. Inevitably, this also affects our understanding of God. Are our traditional concepts of God still adequate, or are they burdened by nihilistic assumptions? Can they be salvaged, or must we move beyond them? If theistic terms…
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Post 6 – Rethinking Nihilism in Religious Thought
What Would Become of Our Systems of Thought? What would become of our various systems of thought if we were to remove from their core the nihilistic persuasion? To a certain extent, we have already explored that, but let us now get a bit more specific, perhaps starting with religion and spirituality. First, a brief…
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