tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post115928964377220599..comments2024-01-25T05:44:34.896+02:00Comments on God in a Shrinking Universe: Reading Tillich 15: SinPatrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-27706375620993735792007-01-08T04:33:00.000+02:002007-01-08T04:33:00.000+02:00I am trying to determine if Tillich's doctrine of ...I am trying to determine if Tillich's doctrine of sin is Augustinian. He comes from a Lutheran-Reformed background but he does not seem to have a dark/ gloomy view of sin that Luther or Calvin had. I think his attitude on sin may be hidden behind his impersonal and existential language. This makes it difficult to determine if his view on sin is Augustinian. What do you think?Kevin A. Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05052005947620751144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1159375607931027612006-09-27T19:46:00.000+03:002006-09-27T19:46:00.000+03:00Välkommen!Välkommen!Patrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1159355600310268352006-09-27T14:13:00.000+03:002006-09-27T14:13:00.000+03:00No, not at all. Tillich's theology is not based on...No, not at all. Tillich's theology is not based on that kind of a cosmological timeline. He would say that the neo-platonic myth participates in the truth but it the time-aspect of it need to be demythologized. The reconciliation of creation in the New Being (Christ) is not an event on a timeline, although Jesus life as the New Being was. In other words, not only the future of the creation is saved, but all of it.Patrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1159354728006514742006-09-27T13:58:00.000+03:002006-09-27T13:58:00.000+03:00When I read Tillich's Systematic Theology a couple...When I read Tillich's <I>Systematic Theology</I> a couple years ago, I was fascinated by his discussion of creation. It seemed like a kind of modified emanationist perspective with heavily Platonic overtones. Creation falls away from God and is in the process of returning to God. Does this mean that ultimately creation has no future for Tillich? Is it in the process of passing away?W. Travis McMakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347103855436761304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1159304895511713482006-09-27T00:08:00.000+03:002006-09-27T00:08:00.000+03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com