Tillich's Implicit Natural Theology

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1475-3065|24|3|257-270

ISSN: 0036-9306

Source: Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol.24, Iss.3, 1971-08, pp. : 257-270

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Abstract

By his well-known method of correlation, Paul Tillich sought a formal pattern by which he could combine his philosophical interests and theological concerns in a joint effort to achieve a systematic theology. In formulating this correlation, Tillich is very careful to assign the substantive, constructive role to theology, leaving philosophy with the task of articulating those fundamental questions concerning the ground of our being arising out of our existential situation. In particular, Tillich argues that philosophy cannot say anything positive concerning the existence and nature of God.