Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

Ep. 50 - Tillich and Barfield

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Dec 28, 2019
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INSIGHT

Tillich's Deeper Courage

  • Tillich defines courage as wisdom seeing through fear to what is truly good.
  • Courage transcends bravery or endurance by enabling decisive action aligned with ultimate reality.
ADVICE

Practice Courage to Overcome Crisis

  • Cultivate courage to face meaninglessness with wisdom rather than just bravery.
  • Develop the ability to see through fear and despair to what is truly good and act accordingly.
INSIGHT

Tillich's Faith and Idolatry

  • Tillich's faith is ultimate concern, an aspirational participatory process, not mere belief.
  • Idolatry is mistaking symbols for ultimate reality, reducing the sacred to objects of possession and control.
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