The Courage to Be
by Paul Tillich
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Author: Paul TillichEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-07-11
ISBN: 0300084714
Number of pages: 238
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Book Review: A No God Worldview
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased two books written by Paul Tillich for one dollar a piece at Half-Price books. One is this book particular title. I have heard of the author because RC Sproul has often argued his thoughts as a mischaracterization of Christianity and the relationship possible between God and man. Paul Tillich's philosophy is clearly contradictory to Christianity. The author clearly states his thoughts are not biblical; he plainly does not believe in a greater being nor does he like the Being described in the Bible. This book is about man's relationship to the universe absent God. It is an argument that one needs to have courage absent the security of traditional religion; there is no God in his philosophy describing right and wrong; there is no higher Being protecting you. His perspective is part pantheism. Man does not die to be part of a conscience state, but pure dust and part of the whole of creation. One may have a social conscience but there are no arbiters to determine what one think is correct. This book is about the implications of this Worldview and the implications of grasping this `truth".
I believe the author could have made a more organized and clearer argument. The language is clear and easy to understand, but the thoughts could have been more organized.
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