Well said! I found Tillich a great diagnostician of our post modern angst--think, the Scream!--who tried to bridge Christianity to an increasingly indifferent secular world. Father, I do wonder how Pope Saint John Paul II viewed Tillich's rejection of natural theology and tendency to see God as not distinct from creation, lacking the personal connect that the Pope emphasized. What are your thoughts?
Well, I would say my article is more imaginative - thinking about what Wojtyla would have thought.
That being said, I don't think he could accept the rejection of natural theology nor any tendency towards pantheism.
I think Pope John Paul II would have been diplomatic and appreciated that bridge that you mention. However, if God is indistinct from nature and we cannot know him as a person, are we still speaking about Christianity?
Well said! I found Tillich a great diagnostician of our post modern angst--think, the Scream!--who tried to bridge Christianity to an increasingly indifferent secular world. Father, I do wonder how Pope Saint John Paul II viewed Tillich's rejection of natural theology and tendency to see God as not distinct from creation, lacking the personal connect that the Pope emphasized. What are your thoughts?
Well, I would say my article is more imaginative - thinking about what Wojtyla would have thought.
That being said, I don't think he could accept the rejection of natural theology nor any tendency towards pantheism.
I think Pope John Paul II would have been diplomatic and appreciated that bridge that you mention. However, if God is indistinct from nature and we cannot know him as a person, are we still speaking about Christianity?