Ecstatic Humanism

Schweiker, William (author)

Dust that Breathes ; 191-206

2010-10-08

16 pages

9781444335354 , 9781444392814

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444392814.ch11

Article/Chapter (Book)

Electronic Resource

English

Paul Tillich, calling it as “ecstatic humanism” , Tillich's thought, and his ideas about humanism ‐ his “theology of culture” mindful of enduring task of Christian theology and his conception of religion and human spirit , ethical direction and limit to that power ‐ protecting present and future life , Tillich's idea of theology of culture ‐ conception of relation between religion and culture , theology of culture, a new direction ‐ enterprise of theological humanism and integrity of life , Tillich's concept of ecstatic humanism ‐ avoiding conflict between humanity and the divine , God, object of theological reflection ‐ and Tillich, depth, import, or “substance” of all human cultural activities , “integrity of life” ‐ as central good of theological humanism and norm of conscience , ecstatic humanism , “Ecstatic humanism,” human existence grasped by a power beyond itself ‐ a Word spoken to it