Overview
- The book explores Tillich’s influence on mid-twentieth-century ‘Death of God’ theology, reassesses the radical character of Tillich’s own theology, and argues for his ongoing significance for contemporary work in radical theology.
Part of the book series: Radical Theologies and Philosophies (RADT)
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Paul Tillich is best known today as a theologian of mediation. Many have come to view him as an out-of-date thinker a safe exemplar of a mid-twentieth-century theological liberalism. The way he has come to be viewed contrasts sharply with the current theological landscape one dominated by the notion of radicality. In this collection, Russell Re Manning breaks with the widespread opinion of Tillich as 'safe' and dated. Retrieving the Radical Tillich depicts the thinker as a radical theologian, strongly marked but never fully determined by the urgent critical demands of his time. From the crisis of a German cultural and religious life after the First World War, to the new realities of religious pluralism, Tillich's theological responses were always profoundly ambivalent, impure and disruptive, asserts Re Manning. The Tillich that is outlined and analyzed by this collection is never merely correlative. Far from the dominant image of the theologian as a liberal accommodationist, Re Manning reintroduces the troubled and troubling figure of the radical Tillich.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Tillich’s Radical Legacy
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Tillich and Contemporary Radical Theologies
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Back Matter
Reviews
“This book of thirteen chapters and an introduction by Russell Re Manning, is an attempt to explore the nature and identity of the radical Tillich. … The papers are written for specialists and readers are expected to be familiar with a range of contemporary philosophical movements. … Russell Re Manning has done much to promote the study of Tillich. … His chapter and introduction in this book demonstrate the depth of his knowledge of, and engagement with, Tillich.” (Graeme Smith, Modern Believing, April, 2016)
About the authors
Thomas J. J. Altizer, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA Daniel J. Peterson, Seattle University, USA Matthew Lon Weaver, Glen Avon Presbyterian Church, USA Christopher C. Brittain, University of Aberdeen, UK Daniel Whistler, Liverpool University, UK Christopher Rodkey, Lebanon Valley College, USA Michael Grimshaw, University of Canterbury, Auckland, NZ Jeffrey W. Robbins, Lebanon Valley College, USA Thomas A. James, Union Presbyterian Seminary, USA Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas, USA Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA Richard Grigg, Sacred Heart University, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Retrieving the Radical Tillich
Book Subtitle: His Legacy and Contemporary Importance
Editors: Russell Re Manning
Series Title: Radical Theologies and Philosophies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137373830
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38083-8Published: 04 June 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-67767-2Published: 16 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37383-0Published: 26 January 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-663X
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6648
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 274
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy, History of Religion, Religious Studies, general, Christian Theology, Christianity