Zusatzmaterial I Box 38, 39, 46

Religion and Culture (possible outline I) First Lecture: The processes of life and the functions of the spirit. Intr. The method of progressive elimination. I. The dynamics of life and its processes. 1. Selfidentity and selfalteration and the danger of life. 2. The process of selfintegration and the centered- ness of life. 3. The process of selfcreation and the growth of life. 4. The process of selftranscendence and the sublime- ness of life.

II. The spirit of man and its three main func- tions. 1. The function of spiritual selfintegration or mo- rality 2. The function of spiritual selfcreation or cul- ture. 3. The function of spiritual selftranscendence or religion. III. The mutual within-each-otherness of the three functions. IV. The possible tensions and real conflicts between the three functions.