CHRISTIANITY AND THE ENCOUNTER OF THE WORLD RELIGIONS - PAUL TILLICH

Discover the fascinating analysis of the relationship between Christianity and other world religions in Paul Tillich's book. It is a deep reflection on the universal character of Christianity and its confrontation with various cultures and ideologies. This book is an invitation to an intellectual journey that provokes critical thinking and the search for answers to fundamental questions about faith and the meaning of life.

• Universal character of Christianity
• Relationships with Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism
• Confrontation with secularism, nationalism, fascism, communism, and socialism
• Existential reflection on the common roots of monotheistic civilization
• Critical view of Christianity amidst the multitude of paths to salvation
• Religious courage in the intellectual world

Paul Tillich's book "Christianity and the Encounter of the World Religions" is a collection of four lectures delivered in 1961 at Columbia University. The author analyzes the relationship between Christianity and other major world religions such as Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, as well as quasi-religions, which include secularism, nationalism, fascism, communism, and socialism. The theologian is concerned with the universalistic character of Christianity, which confronts many cultures, religions, and ideologies.

The translator's introduction, by Jacek Aleksander Prokopski, is an existential reflection on the past, especially on the common roots of monotheistic civilization originating from Abraham. The Polish philosopher also creates a broader, modernized eschatological-political vision of world history. The philosophical-theological structure of the essay gives him the opportunity to critically look at Christianity amidst the multitude of paths to salvation.

Reading the book provokes existential controversies and questions about the mystery of human existence, the certainty of faith, the choice of religious path, the Bible, the condition of the Church, and satanic illusions. Both Tillich's book and Prokopski's introduction are characterized by a rare religious courage, especially in the intellectual world, where there is a lot of ideological lies and manipulation. This book should therefore reach everyone who has an open mind and wants to understand the extremely important, because religious and ideological, aspect of the current situation in the world. Finally, it should provoke critical thinking not only in relation to the relationship between Christianity and the world religions, but above all in relation to one's own nature, to ourselves, here and now. Marcin Hintz

The book is published in hardcover, has 192 pages and a format of 232x161 mm. It was published in 2023 by Marek Derewiecki Publishing House. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy of religion and intercultural dialogue.