Too often we see reality in black and white, overlooking nuances that require the discernment of tensions between the brokenness of our world and our desires for reconciliation. Yet the gap between wounding words and actions and the hope for acts of reconciliation can lead to even more violence and despair. The authors of this volume explore these tensions and the valences of 'brokenness' and 'reconciliation' in Paul Tillich's thought. Together, they contribute to a richer understanding of the thought of the German American theologian and philosopher, his commitments, and the constructive interpretations his work can induce for us today. Think of the ruptures and efforts of dialogue among divided Christian churches, or the commitment of the social worker; reflect on how love as agape, or the courage to be, can be at the heart of this constructive work; or consider the reconciliation processes of peoples torn apart by violence, to mention a few contributions from this volume. Collectively, these contributions raise the hope of a Tillichian creative justice, a hope that can stimulate a broad audience to go beyond the superficiality and instantaneity of social media to something deeper, more enduring, and transformative.

Rudolf Otto grounded his concept of religion in the experience of the sacred. His perspective offered and continues to offer a major impetus for contemporary debates in theology, the philosophy of religion, religious aesthetics, and religious studies. This volume documents important insights from contemporary readings of Otto in an international perspective.

In this volume, the author presents a comprehensive account of Paul Tillich's theology. Starting from the concept of freedom, Tillich's theology is interpreted as a structural theory of the finite implementation of freedom. Within this perspective of the problem, its systematic structures and particular form of rationality are reconstructed, together with the historical background to the problem.

This volume examines the complex intersections between religion and enlightenment from a historical and systematic perspective, and for the first time, shows the profound implications of the works of Schleiermacher, Troeltsch, and Tillich for understanding religious-cultural pluralism in our times. The authors use these sources to discuss the difficulties and challenges facing contemporary enlightened religion as well as the limitations of religious enlightenment.

Paul Tillichs Theologie der Kultur bietet nicht nur fur die gegenwartige Theologie, sondern auch fur die kulturtheoretischen Debatten wichtige Anstoesse und weiterfuhrende Aspekte, da er sowohl einen differenzierten Begriff der Religion ausgearbeitet, als auch die methodischen Probleme der Bestimmung eines Begriffs der Religion reflektiert hat. Zudem hat Tillich in seine Thematisierung der Religion im Horizont der Kultur ein Transformationsmodell der Religion in ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung aufgenommen. Diese Aspekte machen die Kulturtheologie Tillichs zu einem gewichtigen Gesprachspartner in der Debatte um den religioesen und kulturellen Pluralismus der Gegenwart. Der vorliegende Band diskutiert Tillichs Kulturtheologie erstmals in einer umfassenden werk- und problemgeschichtlichen Perspektive.

The volume contains ten historical theological studies tracing the significance of Luther for Protestant religious culture (mainly in the German-speaking world) since the Reformation. The approach taken is one of the history of reception: selected positions in modern Protestantism are identified as different forms of reception of Luther's theology. In the background is the view that at present a productive systematic theological approach to Luther's theology primarily requires a detailed consideration of a new Protestant religious culture.

One of the major trends in the psychology of religion is the growing interest in religious and spiritual meaning making in relation to religious and spiritual transformation processes, notably as the aftermath of traumatic experiences and in situations of crisis, stress or disease when personal well-being is at stake and coping activities and skills are enhanced. This volume covers this broad and complex area of interrelated issues. The contributions focus on religious and spiritual meaning making and transformation. They do not compose an integrated perspective on religious meaning making and transformation processes. Rather, this volume assembles and presents the current state of research on this complex of issues. Thus it not only provides an excellent overview of the psychological study of constructs of meaning and religious transformation, but also contributes to our knowledge of contemporary religious life in the context of socio-cultural transformation processes (pluralisation, globalization).

Jesus von Nazareth lebte als Jude im Judentum der Zeit des Zweiten Tempels. Was bedeutet das für die dogmatische Christologie und für das Verhältnis von Judentum und Christentum? Christian Danz erläutert dies in seiner christologischen und religionstheologischen Skizze. Er arbeitet die These aus, dass die dogmatische Lehre von Jesus Christus nicht gegenständlich-realistisch zu verstehen sei, sondern als eine theologische Beschreibung der christlichen Religion. Hieraus ergibt sich eine neue Sicht sowohl des Judentums als auch anderer nichtchristlicher Religionen.