Tillich lecture 36 was interesting to read, some parts made me confused while others I agreed with and understood. For example i this qoute "We shall never be clearly convinced. . . that our salvation flows from the fountain of God's free mercy till we are acquainted with His eternal election,which illustrates the grace of God by this comparison, that He adopts not all promiscuously to the hope of salvation but gives to some what He refuses to others". Honestly i dont understand what his eternal election which illustreates the grace of God means. This was a very contriversial read which was hard for me because i grew up learning the opposite of what it was saying about Christianity but at the same time it was cool seeing a different perspective.
I agree with Chafelmer about Lecture 36 being very contraversial. During that time it was probably even more contraversial than it is in this time and day, so Tillich really put his neck out on the line to write this article. This article probably caused a lot of riot not only within society but within the church as well. It's hard to agree with an article that speaks against everything you have learned growing up, but I do agree that it is insightful to read another person's view on religion other than that of those which we grew up around.
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