The Irrelevance and Relevance of the Christian Message (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781556352119)

'The Irrelevance and Relevance of the Christian Message' is a transcript of Paul Tillich's 1963 Earl Lectures at the Graduate Theological Union. Delivered just two years before his death, these lectures present Tillich's heartfelt and deeply personal understanding of the relevance of Christian preaching and Christian theology. Why, Tillich asks, has the Christian message become seemingly irrelevant to contemporary society? Is the gospel able to give answers to the questions raised by the existentialist analysis of the human predicament? Yes, he answers -- but in order to do so Christian teaching and preaching need to undergo dramatic renewal, the root of which requires an affirmation of love as central to Christian identity. Further, we need to recognize that this task is not limited to preachers and theologians; all of us together are responsible for the irrelevance or the relevance of the gospel in our time.

Author: Paul Tillich
ISBN-10: 1556352115
ISBN-13: 9781556352119
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 02/06/2007
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.12w x 0.25d