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Tillich's Theodicies

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Titel	Tillich's Theodicies
Erscheinungsjahr	2023
Seiten (von – bis)	19 – 46
Band	39
Heft-Nr.	1
Jahr	2023
Publikationsform	Elektronische Ressource
Publikationsart	Zeitschriftenartikel
Sprache	Englisch
DOI	10.1111/moth.12808
Letzte Änderung	17.03.2023 06:02:03
Bearbeitungsstatus	durch UB Rostock abschließend validiert
Dauerhafte URL	http://purl.uni-rostock.de/fodb/pub/69666
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Abstract

This essay explores the development of Tillich's writings on the relationship between divine providence and suffering, and his approach to theodicy. First, I attend to the various stations of his early life and his earliest writings in various genres. Here we see the instrumental-pedagogical theodicies of his student days and earliest preaching give way to an increased emphasis on the suffering of God. However, unlike many twentieth century theologies of suffering, Tillich retains a strong teleological notion of divine providence, even in the face of the horrors of the First World War. Second, I analyse Tillich's American systematics and sermons against the background of his early writings, characterising his writings as a Hegelian approach to suffering, subsuming the individual under the teleology of divine creativity.

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Shearn, Samuel Andrew

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THF/Systematische Theologie