Ecstasy – a way to religious knowledge: some remarks to Paul Tillich as theologian and philosopher

Much of the research examines ecstasy from the point of view of psychology, history or sociology, but a philosophical reflection on ecstasy is missing. Here, some points in the philosophical and theological thinking of Paul Tillich are presented. He can be looked upon as a religious thinker. In this case he is of interest for religiology mainly as historical material. Then he can be seen as a Christian who in modern time has tried theoretically to reflect upon his own religious faith and the place of ecstasy in that faith. He can also be regarded as a philosopher of religion, who tries to reflect universally and critically upon the phenomena of religion and ecstasy. In that case his main contribution to religiology is to help religiology to reflect upon the question of what possible meaning the concept of "religious ecstasy" can have in a modern scientific context. When looking at Tillich's ideas, it is very important to remember that he strives to be both a philosopher of religion and a Christian theologian, and that these two roles are different, according to Tillich. In any analysis of his thinking it is therefore necessary to discriminate between Tillich's philosophical and his theological statement. For Tillich's treatment of revelation and knowledge of revelation there are three central concepts: mystery, ecstasy and miracle. Every revelation has a subjective and an objective side, and they are both necessary for the revelation. Someone must be seized by the manifestation of the mystery and something must occur through which the mystery of revelation seizes someone, says Tillich. The subjective side is called ecstasy, the objective miracle

Ett judiskt kristet arv

Recension av Caterina Stenius, ”Sanningen är alltid större. En essä på sju famnars djup” (Vasa: Förlaget Scriptum, 2022).

Moralisk Öppenhet : Förutsättningar för etik bortom religiöst och sekulärt

During the last few centuries the way morality is understood has changed radically. In early modernity ethics was defined by Christian thought and Church authorities. Since the religious wars in the 17th century, moral philosophy has been looking for purely human foundations for ethics. Still, moral thinking among ordinary people in Europe became secular only during the latter part of the 20th century. Secular moral thinking has today developed different ethical theories. However, during the last few decades the idea of a common secularity has been questioned. Our multicultural society is now confronting post-secular undercurrents. In this book the author discusses how to understand these ongoing changes in the current moral discourse. The book is a collection of articles written by the author during his time as professor at Åbo Akademi University (1998-2015). He discusses how we can understand moral language and what the conditions for a meaningful use of such language are. The book sheds light upon contributions of ethics to urgent societal problems like environmental questions, questions concerning sexuality, the challenges for political life in our current multicultural societies etc. The author underscores the importance of the responsibility of every individual person. Eight of the eighteen articles are written in English, the rest in Swedish. The book is divided into four sections: I. Frames for morality in late modernity; II. Political ethics and theology – secular or religious?; III. Current moral challenges; IV. Ethics – a question of values. In a new introductory article, “Conditions for an open morality”, the author presents his intellectual and cultural landscape

Moralisk Öppenhet : Förutsättningar för etik bortom religiöst och sekulärt

During the last few centuries the way morality is understood has changed radically. In early modernity ethics was defined by Christian thought and Church authorities. Since the religious wars in the 17th century, moral philosophy has been looking for purely human foundations for ethics. Still, moral thinking among ordinary people in Europe became secular only during the latter part of the 20th century. Secular moral thinking has today developed different ethical theories. However, during the last few decades the idea of a common secularity has been questioned. Our multicultural society is now confronting post-secular undercurrents. In this book the author discusses how to understand these ongoing changes in the current moral discourse. The book is a collection of articles written by the author during his time as professor at Åbo Akademi University (1998-2015). He discusses how we can understand moral language and what the conditions for a meaningful use of such language are. The book sheds light upon contributions of ethics to urgent societal problems like environmental questions, questions concerning sexuality, the challenges for political life in our current multicultural societies etc. The author underscores the importance of the responsibility of every individual person. Eight of the eighteen articles are written in English, the rest in Swedish. The book is divided into four sections: I. Frames for morality in late modernity; II. Political ethics and theology – secular or religious?; III. Current moral challenges; IV. Ethics – a question of values. In a new introductory article, “Conditions for an open morality”, the author presents his intellectual and cultural landscape

Studier i moderna livsåskådningar och deras begreppsliga förutsättningar

Boken består av en rad artiklar med fokus på människors livsåskådningar. Kurtén tar sin ansats i den livsåskådningsforskning som startade på 1960- och 70-talen i Sverige och som fortsatt i hela Norden efter det. Han diskuterar och försöker klargöra begrepp som hjälper oss att förstå människors sätt att orientera sig i tillvaron. En stor utmaning i de nordiska, s.k. moderna och sekulariserade, samhällena har varit (och är fortfarande på 2020-talet) att jämföra människors sätt att idag förstå sig själva med den religiöst färgade tradition som präglat Norden i många århundraden. I bokens olika artiklar prövar författaren olika sätt att tolka och förstå konkret material såsom djupintervjuer och skönlitteratur. Flera av framställningens mest centrala begrepp, ”självklara förutsättningar”, ”tillit”, ”metafysiskt kontra existentiellt” m.fl., skulle komma att prägla Kurténs forskning inom såväl religionsfilosofi som etik under hela hans forskargärning. Hans praxisförankrade förståelse av livssyner distanserar sig från en mera substantiell tolkning på ett sätt som i senare religionsforskning lyfts fram bl.a. med begreppet ”lived religion”

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Trust, Basic Convictions and Life-Views

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