Tillich: Symbol, Ecology, Paradox and the Creativity of Disorder

Marshall, J

Tillich: Symbol, Ecology, Paradox and the Creativity of Disorder

Marshall, J

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Publisher:: Institute of Theology and Ecology, Orthodox Academy of Crete
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics Vol.2, 2012, pp. 27 - 35
Issue Date:: 2012-01

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dc.contributor.author	Marshall, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3914-7697	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Andrianos, LA	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Sneep, JW	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Kenanidis, KK	en_US
dc.date	2011-06-01	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics Vol.2, 2012, pp. 27 - 35	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	For Paul Tillich, theology is always carried out, and meaning gained, within an existing social situation. Today this situation includes the crises of the whole eco-system. Tillich suggests that awareness of paradox, and facing conceptual disorder, provides a way through such crises. We sit before the contradictions and limitations which appear and allow a new openness to being to the divine to arise, generating a breakthrough which surprises and transcends without destroying what has gone before. The contradictions we need to face include: the ways our attempts at making order have produced disorders; the contrast between human and divine; the distinction between nature and spirit; the relation between unity and variety; and the clash between omnipotence and disorder. Within these paradoxical tensions a new sense of meaning can grow and social potential develop.	en_US
dc.publisher	Institute of Theology and Ecology, Orthodox Academy of Crete	en_US
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dc.title	Tillich: Symbol, Ecology, Paradox and the Creativity of Disorder	en_US
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Abstract:

For Paul Tillich, theology is always carried out, and meaning gained, within an existing social situation. Today this situation includes the crises of the whole eco-system. Tillich suggests that awareness of paradox, and facing conceptual disorder, provides a way through such crises. We sit before the contradictions and limitations which appear and allow a new openness to being to the divine to arise, generating a breakthrough which surprises and transcends without destroying what has gone before. The contradictions we need to face include: the ways our attempts at making order have produced disorders; the contrast between human and divine; the distinction between nature and spirit; the relation between unity and variety; and the clash between omnipotence and disorder. Within these paradoxical tensions a new sense of meaning can grow and social potential develop.

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