Tillich: A Guide for the Perplexed

Andrew O'Neill is a minister of the United Church of Canada. He completed a Masters of Divinity at the University of Toronto before undertaking graduate work in the Theology in History program at New College, University of Edinburgh. Under the supervision of Dr. Nick Adams, Andrew completed a PhD in Systematic Theology, with a focus on the conceptual connections between Paul Tillich's Systematic Theology and the philosophical systems of F.W.J. Schelling and G.W.F. Hegel.

• 1. MethodBoundary situationCorrelation (situation and message)Dialectic Apologetic/Answering theology (problems: supranaturalism, estrangement, Church/SC)2. Ontology (Situation: dynamics of the human condition)BeingNon-being Being-itself/power of being-itself (revealed God) 3. Doctrine (Message: Answering the Problems of Theology) God (as actualizing)Christ (stated in human terms)Spirit(ual Presence) (as critique of Spiritual Community) Trinity (as model of dialectical, not paradoxical, thinking)4. Theology (understanding history of salvation) EssenceExistenceEssentializationHistory Salvation 5. Religion & Culture (media of the message) ChurchProtestant principleAutonomyHeteronomyTheonomySymbols Art

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