Paul Tillich as a (post)secular thinker. A proposal of a philosophical analysis of a religious dimension of experience Cover Image

Paul Tillich jako myśliciel (post)sekularny. Propozycja filozoficznej analizy religijnego wymiaru doświadczenia
Paul Tillich as a (post)secular thinker. A proposal of a philosophical analysis of a religious dimension of experience

Author(s): Marcin Napadło
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Politics and religion, Evaluation research
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: philosophy; religion; Protestant theology; liberal theology; Paul Tillich; religious experience; secularisation; postsecularisation;

Summary/Abstract: The complex processes of transformations that underlie religion today provide an interesting area of research for many sciences. The phenomenon of postsecularisation, which to a certain degree describes the situation of religion, questions what role both philosophy and theology can play towards occuring changes and which tools they are to use in the description and assessment of these changes. In connection with this, the question also arises for those tools which can be useful in searching for answers for apparent problems. It seems that the spiritual situation of man at present is defined above all by the lack of the experience of God. The article determines an intellectual attempt of copying with some issues of the outline problems. The question arises if and how Paul Tillich – a superb and present philosopher and theologian signs in the schematic of postsecular thinking. The work presents above all an analysis of a hermeneutics of the religious dimension of experience and its use in Tillich’s philosophy and theology.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 381-396
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish