Symbolism and Tilich

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  • SYMBOLISM
    • Criticisms
      • Open to many different interpretations
      • Can be trivialised so the meaning is lost.
        • Sabbath Day
      • May become outdated.
        • 'It is necessary to rediscover the questions..'
      • Vagueness, Self-contradictory and Self-referential definitions.
        • Tilich
          • 'It transcends the capacity of any finite reality to express it directly.'
          • 'Expressing God in terms of the Ground of our Being.'
      • Howard Hintz
        • If every object were blue, blueness would cease to have meaning. The same applies to symbols.
    • Religion
      • 'I am the Vine'
      • 'The Lord is my Shepherd'
    • Tilich
      • 'It transcends the capacity of any finite reality to express it directly.'
      • 'Expressing God in terms of the Ground of our Being.'
    • Function
      • 'Identifies a concept as well as participating in it'
      • Non-Cognitive
        • Interpreted literally
          • Communicate beyond the factual and objective
      • Pictures, objects, actions or words
      • All knowledge of God has symbolic character

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