Religion, Theology, and Cognition: On Reading Paul Tillich
I use the cognitive scientific perspective in trying to show how abstract theology is dependent on literacy, gradually elaborates folk-religious intuitions, and may ultimately come into conflict with them. I then analyse Paul Tillich’s writings as an example of how theology elaborates folk intuition...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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Literature and theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 258-269 |
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| Summary: | I use the cognitive scientific perspective in trying to show how abstract theology is dependent on literacy, gradually elaborates folk-religious intuitions, and may ultimately come into conflict with them. I then analyse Paul Tillich’s writings as an example of how theology elaborates folk intuitions and also reacts to advances in science, which creates further tension between folk religion and theology. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/fru019 |