The Mediation in the Human Cognition of God in the Thought of Paul Tillich

Walczak, Marcin

The Mediation in the Human Cognition of God in the Thought of Paul Tillich

dc.contributor.author	Walczak, Marcin
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-05T12:00:33Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-05T12:00:33Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.description.abstract	Paul Tillich was one of those important theologians of the 20th century who devoted much attention to issues related to theological theory of knowledge. In Tillich’s thought, God is the mystery of being infinitely close to man, but human cognition of this mystery is always mediated. This article analyzes the question of mediation in human cognition of God in the thought of the great protestant theologian. First, the mediating, symbolic character of all religious language is presented. Then the mediating nature of theology is analyzed. The third part presents the importance of mediation in human cognition of ultimate reality. The conducted research leads to the conclusion that, according to Tillich, there is no other way of thinking and talking about God than mediated in the created world. God ultimately remains a mystery that is revealed to us through the reality that surrounds us.	en
dc.identifier.AlternativeLocation	10.31743/vv.13208
dc.identifier.citation	"Verbum Vitae", 2022, T. 40, nr 2, s. 335-357	pl
dc.identifier.issn	1644-8561
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/3755
dc.language.iso	en	pl
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo KUL	pl
dc.rights	Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Paul Tillich	pl
dc.subject	mediation	pl
dc.subject	cognition of God	pl
dc.subject	symbol	pl
dc.subject	apophaticism	pl
dc.title	The Mediation in the Human Cognition of God in the Thought of Paul Tillich	en
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	pl