Paul Tillich – ein „religiöser Atheist“?

The title of the recent work by Ronald Dworkin, “Religion without God” (2013), reveals the basic thesis of the book that religion is something deeper than God. For his argument, Dworkin refers to Paul Tillich, among others. This article shows that Dworkin completely missed Tillich’s meaning and that...

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Published in:International yearbook for Tillich research
Main Author: Schüßler, Werner 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:German
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Published: De Gruyter 2015
In: International yearbook for Tillich research
Review of:Religion ohne Gott (Berlin : Suhrkamp, 2014) (Schüßler, Werner)
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDD Protestant Church
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Book review
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Summary:The title of the recent work by Ronald Dworkin, “Religion without God” (2013), reveals the basic thesis of the book that religion is something deeper than God. For his argument, Dworkin refers to Paul Tillich, among others. This article shows that Dworkin completely missed Tillich’s meaning and that his presentation is unfair to both modern theology and the classical metaphysical tradition. He reinterprets the concept of religion in a way that makes no sense
ISSN:2190-7455
Contains:In: International yearbook for Tillich research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/tillich-2015-0110