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Work #360 · Mid

Systematic Theology

Paul Tillich
1951-63 (Vol I 1951, Vol II 1957, Vol III 1963) · English
Systematic theology · German-American Protestant philosophical theology

Tillich's three-volume Systematic Theology — the major mid-20th-century Protestant philosophical-theological synthesis

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Systematic Theology (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Systematic Theology

Eternal and historical time correlated through revelation.

Space

Systematic Theology

Existential space of human situation and theological answers.

Matter

Systematic Theology

Embodied existence in the New Being of the Christ.

Observer

Systematic Theology

The questioning human being correlating with revealed answers.

Energy

Systematic Theology

Spirit-energies of life and history.

Information

Systematic Theology

Three-volume systematic-theological framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Systematic Theology

Tillich's systematic has been continuously engaged in liberal-theological tradition and existentialist theology.