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Analytical article from the Dictionary of Modern Western Theology. ... For Tillich, God is being-itself, not a being among other beings. To describe the relationship between being-itself and finite beings, Tillich takes the word, "ground." For Tillich, God is the ground of being, the ground of the structure of being.
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Thus, the fundamental theological question is not in establishing the 'existence' of God as a separate entity but in pressing through in ultimate concern to what Tillich calls 'the ground of our being'.. p. 29...
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The phrases "Ground of Being" and "Being itself" are basically the same concept. Tillich used both at different times, and other theologians such as John McQuarrey prefer "Being Itself," but they really speak to the same concept.
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Tillich is not the only modern theologian to think of God in this way.John McQuarry says that God is Being itself, while Tillich says God is "The ground of being." The conservative Catholic Has Urs Van Balthasar also understands the connection beteween God and being (more on this in the section on Being and the personal).
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In the section of 'Final Revelation and the Word of God' (‡Tp.157), Tillich analyzes Revelation; the Word. "The Word is first of all the principle of divine self-manifestation in the ground of being itself. ...
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• “The God who is a being is transcended by the God who is Being itself, the ground and abyss of every being. And the God who is a person is transcended by the God who is the Personal-Itself, the ground and abyss of every person.” (Tillich, qtd Fortress, 59).
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Basic Concept: The "Ground of Being": Freud vs. Jung (*) ; Two of the most influential minds in the field of psychology are Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) and Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961). Freud is best ... ; (*) "Ground of Being" is a phrase developed extensively by twentieth-century Protestant theologian Paul Tillich.
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The remainder of the chapters deal with how we understand our historical existence, and introduce the English speaking student to many of Tillich's key concepts: the demonic, kairos and logos, the problem of being, understanding power and human existence, the relation of church to culture, ... The New Being by Paul Tillich...
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Tillich sees God as Being-Itself, or the "Ground of all Being." For this reason there cannot be a God. There cannot even be a "highest God," for even that concept is limiting. We cannot make an object out of God.
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www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=538&C=598
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