CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION -- pg. 3

PART IV. LIFE AND THE SPIRIT

I. LIFE, ITS AMBIGUITIES, AND THE QUEST FOR UNAMBIGUOUS LIFE -- pg. 11

A. The Multidimensional Unity of Life -- pg. 11

B. The Self-actualization of Life and Its Ambiguities. Fundamental Consideration: The Basic Functions of Life and the Nature of Their Ambiguity -- pg. 30

C. The Quest for Unambiguous Life and the Symbols of Its Anticipation -- pg. 107

II. THE SPIRITUAL PRESENCE -- pg. 111

A. The Manifestation of the Spiritual Presence in the Spirit of Man -- pg. 111

B. The Manifestation of the Spiritual Presence in Historical
Mankind -- pg. 138

III. The DIVINE SPIRIT AND THE AMBIGUITIES OF LIFE -- pg. 162

A. The Spiritual Presence and the Amibuities of Religion -- pg. 162

B. The Spiritual Presence and the Ambiguities of Culture -- pg. 245

C. The Spiritual Presence and the Ambiguities of Morality -- pg. 266

D. The Healing Power of the Spiritual Presence and the Ambi-guities of Life in General -- pg. 275

IV. THE TRINITARIAN SYMBOLS -- pg. 283

A. The Motives of the Trinitarian Symbolism -- pg. 283

B. The Trinitarian Dogma -- pg. 286

C. Reopening the Trinitarian Problem -- pg. 291

PART V. HISTORY AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD

INTRODUCTION -- pg. 297

The Systematic Place of the Fifth Part of the Theological System and the Historical Dimension of Life -- pg. 297

I. HISTORY AND THE QUEST FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD -- pg. 300

A. Life and History -- pg. 300

B. The Ambiguities of Life under the Historical Dimension -- pg. 339

C. Interpretations of History and the Quest for the Kingdom
of God -- pg. 348

II. THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITHIN HISTORY -- pg. 362

A. The Dynamics of History and the New Being -- pg. 362

B. The Kingdom of God and the Churches -- pg. 374

C. The Kindom of God and World History -- pg. 382

III. THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS THE END OF HISTORY -- pg. 394

A. The End of History or Eternal Life -- pg. 394

B. The Individual Person and His Eternal Destiny -- pg. 406

C. The Kingdom of God: Time and Eternity -- pg. 419

INDEX -- pg. 427

In this volume, the third and last of his Systematic Theology,
Paul Tillich sets forth his ideas of the meaning of human life, the doctrine of the Spirit and the church, the trinitarian symbols, the relation of history to the Kingdom of God, and the eschatological symbols. He handles this subject matter with powerful conceptual ability and intellectual grace.
The problem of life is ambiguity. Every process of life has its contrast within itself, thus driving man to the quest for unambiguous life or life under the impact of the Spiritual Presence. The Spiritual Presence conquers the negativities of religion, culture, and morality, and the symbols anticipating Eternal Life present the answer to the problem of life.