Panenteistyczny model przedstawiania Boga w ujęciu Paula Tillicha

Abstract

Paul Tillich was a Protestant theologian and philosopher. He was bom in Strzadel Germany. In 1933 he emigrated to the United States when nazi took power in Germany. In the USA he worked at the American universities of Chicago and Boston, he died in 1965. Tillich tried to unite philosophy and theology concerning the problem of God. Philosophy deals with the structure of Being it-self, and theology deals with the meaning of being for us. Being it-self, Unconditional, living God are key notions in his method talking about God. Being it-self is the dynamics potentiality of being, living God is the actuality realm of being. Being it-self is the basic existence of all beings. Living God is the power of being. This power of being as action and expression, is given to everything with its existence. Unconditional and conditional elements are always present in structure of being. Man is driven towards faith by his awareness of the Infinite. God is the creator of the world, he is basic creator of every thing in evry moment. Agape is the spiritual aspect of love, love is the ontological unity of unconditional and conditional elements in human life. We must speak of God as Being it-self only in symbolic terms. Symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimite reality. Symbols are created in several sphares of man’s cultur: political, artistic, and the religion reality. In religion language: Almighty God, Eternal God, Judge, Highest, Creator, Savior, Lord, Father are the symbols unconditional God as Being it-self .