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P . 58.
70 Ib1d. 1:39-46. In relation to ecclesial
statements of doctrine, see Dynamics of Faith. (London:
George Allen and Unwin, 1957), p. 29 and Systematic
Theology. Volume 3. (London: Nisbet, 1964), P. 188-89.
71 Table 30 documents an exception. A majority of
'Tillich lecturers' defined preaching content in terms of
God. This fact finds potential explanation below, in the
discussion of the question of 'content-' vs. 'personoriented'
sermon preparation.
72Tillich, Theology of Culture. (New York: Oxford
University Press, 1959), p. 206-08; "How to Communicate the
Christian Message," in The New Christian Advocate.
3(1959):15,16; The Christian Answer. (London: Nisbet,
1946), p. 69; Systematic Theology. 1:6,8; "The Relevance of
the Ministry in Our Time and Its Theological Foundation," in
Hans Hofmann, ed., Making the Ministry Relevant. (New York:
Scribner, 1960), p. 25,26,29.
7-5 T1llich, The Christian Answer. p. 70,71.
74These outdated elements include not only items
relating to form. e.g., vocabulary, but also matters of
substance. In order to be relevant, the content itself
requires modification from past tradition.
7 "Proclamation" and "communication" offer two
divergent images of preaching. The first connotes an
authority figure issuing ultimatums to the less informed.
The speaker is in control; the burden for accurate reception
of the message lies with the hearer. "Communication,"
however, portrays two relative equals, both bearing
responsibility for accurate transmission and reception of
verbal content.
"Tillich, Theology of Culture. P. 201. In
describing his "method of correlation," Tillich wrote, "In
respect to form, they ['the Christian answers'] are
dependent on the structure of the [contemporary] questions
they answer." As stated below, the preacher must
"participate" in the life of his world, in order to phrase
the Christian message appropriately for it. Systematic
Theology. 1:72.
"Theology of Culture. p. 204.
7e"Real communication has to do with participating,
or, better, making others participate, in the reality and
meaning of something given--the Christian message."
Tillich, "How to Communicate the Christian Message," in The
New Christian Advocate. p. 12.
Tillich, "A Word from the Preacher," in The
Eternal Now. (London: SCM, 1963), p. 159; "Preface," in
The Shaking of the Foundations. (New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1948).
"In this, he does draw closer to Lloyd-Jones than
to either Stewart or Rahner.
ei Tillich, Theology of Culture. P. 202.
p. 203.
a '3"The state of existence is the state of
estrangement . Man is estranged from the ground of his
being, from other beings and from himself. The transition