Dynamics of faith / Paul Tillich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965.

Series:

Perennial classic

Perennial classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faith.

Physical Description:

xxii, 147 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First Perennial classics edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : HarperPerennial, 2001.

Summary:

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.This graceful and accessible volume contains a new introduction by Marion Pauck, Tillich's biographer.

Contents:

I What Faith Is 1

1. Faith as ultimate concern

2. Faith as a centered act

3. The source of faith

4. Faith and the dynamics of the holy

5. Faith and doubt

6. Faith and community

II What Faith Is Not 35

1. The intellectualistic distortion of the meaning of faith

2. The voluntaristic distortion of the meaning of faith

3. The emotionalistic distortion of the meaning of faith

III Symbols of Faith 47

1. The meaning of symbol

2. Religious symbols

3. Symbols and myths

IV Types of Faith 63

1. Elements of faith and their dynamics

2. Ontological types of faith

3. Moral types of faith

4. The unity of the types of faith

V The Truth of Faith 85

1. Faith and reason

2. The truth of faith and scientific truth

3. The truth of faith and historical truth

4. The truth of faith and philosophical truth

5. The truth of faith and its criteria

VI The Life of Faith 115

1. Faith and courage

2. Faith and the integration of the personality

3. Faith, love and action

4. The community of faith and its expressions

5. The encounter of faith with faith

Conclusion: The possibility and necessity of faith today.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Harper, c1957, in series: World perspectives.

ISBN:

0060937130

OCLC:

46918398