RELIGION, THE ARTS, AND THE SCIENCES

Humanities 127a

Examination

Theology 185a

Sat., Jan. 30, 1960

Prof. Paul Tillich^a

9:15 a.m.

(The following two questions will contribute equally to the examination grade. Your ability to state the answers sharply and succinctly will also be considered in the grading. Hence, please think before you write. Total writing time should not be over 2 1/2 hours.)

I. What is the import of the topic "language" for discussing the relation of religion and culture? Your answer should indicate your grasp of lecture and assigned reading material, and your own creative evaluation of the material.

II. Identify and discuss the significance of the following phrases for relating religion and culture:

a. "Religion … is to have life and know life in immediate feeling."

b. "I - thou."

c. "Double symbolization."

d. "the Christ of Culture."

FINAL EXAMINATION

Hum. 127b - Theol. 185b

Prof. Tillich^b

Friday, June 3, 2:15 p.m.

Write a two hour essay on the following topic (outline form may be used):

Discuss the import of the readings and lectures of this course for your own personal structuring of the ethical encounter.

It is strongly advised that the student spend considerable time thinking and organizing his answer before writing. Your answer will not be graded as to its quantity, but rather as to its ability to integrate creatively the reading and lecture material of this course in a personal statement of your understanding of ethics.

If this question seems too easy, it isn't.

Humanities 127a

Theology 185a

Professor Paul Tillich^c

Tues. and Thurs., 11 - 12, (Sat.)

The required work for this semester course will consist of:

1. A minimum of 1300 pages of outside reading. The starred selections are required and will be covered on the final examination.

2. A final examination. On this exam there will be included a one hour question asking the student to write an essay on some topic of his own interest upon which he has done research during the semester and for which he will present a prepared bibliography along with the examination.

BLIOGRAPHY

General material

Buber, Martin^d The Eclipse of God

Brunner, Emil^e Christianity and Civilization

Eliot, T. S.^f Notes on the Definition of Culture

Frank, Erich^g *Philosophical Understanding and Religious Truth

Jaspers, Karl^h Man in the Modern Age

Kroner, Richard Culture and Faith

Niebuhr, H. Richardⁱ *Christ and Culture

The Meaning of Revelation

Otto, Rudolf^j The Idea of the Holy

Randall, John H. The Making of the Modern Mind

Schleiermacher, F.^k On Religion

Tillich, Paul^l The Protestant Era

The Religious Situation

Religion and Language

Buber, Martin^m Between Man and Man

Bultmann, Rudolfⁿ *Kerygma and Myth (The opening essay by Bultmann)

Cassirer, Ernst^o Language and Myth

Flew, A.^p and MacIntyre^q *New Essays in Philosophical Theology (Ch. I, VI, VII)

Tillich, Paul^r Dynamics of Faith

Urban, Wilbur M.^s Language and Reality

Religion and Science

Burtt, E. A.^t The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science

Fromm, E.^u Psychoanalysis and Religion

Heim, Karl^v *Christian Faith and Natural Science

Outler, Albert^w Psychotherapy and the Christian Message

Roberts, David E.^x *Psychotherapy and the Christian View of Man

Sartre, Jean Paul^y Existential Psychoanalysis

Stern, Karl^z The Third Revolution

Tillich, Paul^aa The Courage to Be

Love, Power, and Justice

Religion and the Arts

Fergusson, Francis^ab The Idea of a Theatre

Goddard, Harold^ac The Meaning of Shakespeare

Maritain, Jacques^ad Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry

Michalson, Carl^ae Christianity and the Existentialists

Ortega y Gasset^af *The Dehumanization of Art

Religion and Culture

Humanities 127 Theology 131

Book List

Kroner, R.^ag CULTURE AND FAITH

Niebuhr, H. R.^ah CHRIST AND CULTURE

Tillich, P.^ai SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY I

THE PROTESTANT ERA

Schleiermacher, F.^aj SPEECHES ON RELIGION

D'Arcy^ak THE NATURE OF BELIEF

Kroner, R.^al THE PRIMACY OF FAITH

Ogden, C.^am THE MEANING OF MEANING (on language)

Urban, W.^an LANGUAGE AND REALITY

Cassirer, E.^ao LANGUAGE AND MYTH

Randall, T.^ap THE MAKING OF THE MODERN MIND

Cassirer, E.^aq THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE

Wild, T.^ar THE CHALLENGE OF EXISTENTIALISM

Marcel, G.^as THE PHILOSOPHY OF EXISTENCE, BEING AND HAVING

Heidegger, M.^at EXISTENCE AND BEING

Kuhn, H.^au ENCOUNTER WITH NOTHINGNESS

Cohen, M.^av REASON AND NATURE

Oppenheimer, T. R.^aw SCIENCE AND THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING

Bailley, T. SCIENCE AND FAITH TODAY

Raven, C.^ax SCIENCE AND THE CHRISTIAN MAN

Richardson, A.^ay SCIENCE, HISTORY AND FAITH

Heim, K.^az CHRISTIAN FAITH AND NATURAL SCIENCE

Lindsay, A. D.^ba RELIGION, SCIENCE AND SOCIETY IN THE MODERN WORLD

Toynbee, A.^bb CIVILZATION ON TRIAL

Tillich, P.^bc THE INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY

Niebuhr, R.^bd BEYOND TRAGEDY - FAITH AND HISTORY

Heimann, E.^be FREEDOM AND ORDER

Bennet, T.^bf CHRISTIANITY AND COMMUNISM

Niebuhr, R.^bg CHRISTIANITY AND POWER POLITICS

Fromm, E.^bh PSYCHOANALYSIS AND RELIGION

THE FEAR OF FREEDOM

MAN FOR HIMSELF

Roberts, R.^bi PSYCHOTHERAPY AND A CHRISTIAN VIEW OF MAN

Freud, S.^bj BASIC WRITINGS

Thomas, G.^bk RELIGION IN AN AGE OF SECULARISM

Ramsey, P.^bl CHRISTIAN ETHICS

Buber, M.^bm I AND THOU

Tillich, P.^bn LOVE, POWER AND JUSTICE

Ortega Y Gasset^bo THE REVOLT OF THE MASSES

Brunner, E.^bp JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ORDER

Ellul, T.^bq THE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF JUSTICE (in French)

Heimann, E.^br FREEDOM AND ORDER

FINAL EXAM

Theology 185a

Professor Tillich^bs

Humanities 127a

1. Write the essay you have prepared on some topic of your own choosing. (Be sure to hand in the essay bibliography with your exam.) (1½ hrs.)

Answer three (3) of the following four (4) questions. (½ hr.. each) (Avoid giving an answer that would duplicate the material covered in your essay question above.)

2. Discuss the history of the struggle between science and theology, and appraise their relationship at the present time. Give special attention on the present scene to the thought of Tillich^bt and Roberts^bu (Psychotherapy and the Christian View of Man).

3. Compare and evaluate the phrases 'religion as ultimate concern' and 'religion as the worship of God.' In answering, give reference to the chapter on "The Existence of God" in Frank^bv's Philosophical Understanding and Religious Truth.

4. Discuss the relevance of Bultmann^bw's essay on 'demythologizing' and McPherson^bx's essay on "Religion as the Inexpressible" (in New Essays in Philosophical Theology) for Tillich^by's analysis of religious language.

5. Evaluate Tillich^bz's method of appraising art. In answering, give reference to particular artistic creations (in any realm - visual, poetry, drama, etc.).

RELIGION AND CULTURE Semester II

1. The special character of art between theory and practice.

2. The doctrine of artistic symbols. (Reflective and representative symbols psychological symbols, symbols in the different arts - music, architecture)

3. Theory of the 4 levels in the different arts. (The problem of subject matter in music)

4. Examples of the 4 levels in the visual arts. (Slides)

5. Discussion and beginning analysis of the present period in the light of the arts.

*Malraux, A.^ca THE TWILIGHT OF THE ABSOLUTE

PSYCHOLOGY OF ART (1950)

*Maritain, J.^cb and Cocteau^cc CREATIVE INTUITION IN ART AND POETRY

Wilder, A.^cd MODERN POETRY AND CHRISTIAN TRADITION

SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF THE NEW POETRY

Watkin, W.^ce PLANNING THE MODERN CHURCH

*Tillich^cf Architectural Forum Dec. 1955 "Theology and the Modern Church"

Eastman^cg RELIGIOUS DRAMA

Bailey^ch THE ARTS AND RELIGION

6. Total analysis of the present situation in the light of preceding periods.

Berdyaev. N.^ci THE FAITH OF MAN IN THE MODERN WORLD

*Schweitzer, A.^cj THE DECAY AND RESTORATION OF CIVILIZATION

Sorokin, P.^ck CRISIS OF OUR AGE

Niebuhr, Reinhold^cl DOES CIVILIZATION NEED RELIGION?

*Spengler, O.^cm HE DECLINE OF THE WEST

Toynbee, A.^cn CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL

*Tillich, P.^co THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION

Tillich, P.^cp "The World Situation" in THE CHRISTIAN ANSWER ed. Van Dusen

Jaspers, K.^cq MAN IN THE MODERN AGE

7. Continuation of the analysis of present day industrial society. Its relation to religion.

Mannheim, K.^cr DIAGNOSIS OF OUR TIME

*Mumford, L.^cs TECHNICS AND CIVILIZATION

8. Religion and Education. The meaning of education (the wherefrom and the whereto)

9. The meaning and method of religious education. (Question and answer. Symbols and interpretation.)

*Ulich^ct HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL THOUGHT

*THE MEANING OF EDUCATION

CRISIS AND HOPE IN AMERICAN EDUCATION

*Sherill, L. THE STRUGGLE OF THE SOUL

Smart, J.^cu THE TEACHING MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH

10. Religion and the University. (The possible function of a theological faculty)

*Moberly, Sir W.^cv CRISIS IN THE UNIVERSITY

Nash, A.^cw THE UNIVERSITY AND THE MODERN WORLD

RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES IN COLLEGE TEACHING

Jaspers, K.^cx THE IDEA OF THE UNIVERSITY

*Thomas, G.^cy RELIGION IN AN AGE OF SECULARISM

11. Religion and ethics: General (Formal ethics). The source of the moral "ought" and the source of the content. The unconditional character and the question of guilt.

12. Ethical relativism, love and kairos.

13. Ethics of being and ethics of law (ought to be) (law, grace and depth psychology, demonic structure

*Tillich, P.^cz "Ethics in a Changing World" in THE PROTESTANT ERA

Ramsey, P.^da BASIC CHRISTIAN ETHICS

*Bonhoeffer, D.^db ETHICS

Niebuhr, R.^dc THE INTERPRETATION OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS

*Tillich, P.^dd LOVE, POWER AND JUSTICE

*Kant, I.^de THE CRITIQUE OF PRACTICAL REASON

*Nietzsche^df THE WILL TO POWER

Menninger, K.^dg LOVE AGAINST HATE

*Tillich, P.^dh THE COURAGE TO BE

14. The ethical subject: The idea and the ideal of personality. (The autonomous and the theonomous personality)

*Jung, C. G.^di MODERN MAN IN SEARCH OF A SOUL

May, R.^dj MAN'S SEARCH POR HIMSELF

*Fromm, E.^dk MAN FOR HISELF

*Buber, M.^dl I THOU

Tillich^dm "Psychotherapy and a Christian Interpretation of Human Nature" in Review on Religion, March 1943.

15. Community and collective. We-consciousness, conformity, patternisation: The non-personal character of the group (non-conformism).

*Ortega y Gasset^dn THE REVOLT OF THE MASSES

Mumford, L.^do THE CULTURE OF CITIES

*Riesner^dp THE LONELY CROWD

Eliot, T. S.^dq THE IDEA OF A CHRISTIAN SOCIETY

Pope, L.^dr RELIGION AND CLASS STRUCTURE

*Schumpeter, I.^ds IMPERIALISM AND SOCIAL CLASSES

*World Council of Churches Symposium "Man's Disorder and God's Design" chapter by Paul Tillich^dt "The Disintegration of Society in Christian Countries"

16. Types of authoritity and the meaning of religious authority.

*Schweitzer, A.^du in CIVILIZATION AND ETHICS

Fromm, E.^dv ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM

*Barth, K.^dw THE WORD OF GOD AND THE WORD OF MAN

Berdyaev, N.^dx FREEDOM AND SLAVERY

*Loewe, A.^dy THE PRICE OF LIBERTY

17. Family and sex relations. (Historical relativity. The two meanings of sex)

Russell, G.^dz MEN AND WOMEN

*Cole^ea CHRISTIANITY AND SEX

Bailey, D. S.^eb MYSTERY OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE

HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE WESTERN CHRISTIAN TRADITION

Student World, no. 4 (1955) issue on "Christianity and sex"

18. The concept and function of "the economic." (Economic materialism)

*Tawney^ec CHRISTIANITY AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM

*Heimann, E.^ed FREEDOM AND ORDER

HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DOCTRINES

Brunner, E.^ee JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ORDER

*Weber, M.^ef THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM

*Troeltsch, E.^eg THE SOCIAL TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH

19. Religious Socialism. Basic ideas and limitations.

*Rauschenbusch, W.^eh THE THEOLOGY OF THE SOCIAL GOSPEL

Hutchison, J.^ei CHRISTIAN FAITH AND SOCIAL ACTION (1953) Symposium with articles by P. Tillich^ej, R. Niebuhr^ek, J. Bennet^el

*Tillich, P.^em THE PROTESTANT ERA

Kegley, P.^en THE THEOLOGY OF PAUL TILLICH^eo (chapter on Religious Socialism)

20. Justice, power and love (The realm of law)

*Tillich, P.^ep LOVE, POWER AND JUSTICE

Brunner, E.^eq "Love and Justice" in JUSTICE AND THE SOCIAL ORDER

*Nietzsche^er THE WILL TO POWER OR AGAINST THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF COMPASSION

*Tolstoy, L.^es THE LAW OF LOVE AND THE LAW OF VIOLENCE

Haroutunian^et LUST FOR POWER

Riordan, F.^eu THE CONCEPT OF LOVE IN FRENCH LITERARY REVIVAL

Montague, W. SYMPOSIUM ON THE MEANING OF LOVE

Barnaby, J. AMOR DEI

Humanities 127b (Theol. 185b)

Semester II, 1957-58

"Religion and Society"

Tues., Thurs. 11-12 (Sat.)

The assignments for this semester are:

a) 1600 pages of reading which include the starred selections below. (A bibli- ography of all reading done for the course should be turned in with the final examination. The books selected by the student should be annotated.)

b) A final examination dealing with the lectures and the starred selections in the bibliography.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Barth, Karl^ev Against the Stream

Bennett, John^ew Christian Ethics and Social Policy

Christianity and Communism

Bonhoeffer, D. Ethics

Buber, Martin *Between Man and Man (Parts I, III, IV)

Brunner, E.^ex *Christianity and Civilization (Vol. I & II)

Cole, W. G.^ey Sex in Christianity and Psychoanalysis

Fromm, Erich^ez *Man for Himself

Escape from Freedom

Jaspers, K. The Idea of the University

Man in the Modern Age

Kegley, C. W.^fa and Bretall, R. W.^fb *The Theology of Paul Tillich^fc (Chs. 1, 2, 3, 13, 14)

Kroner, Richard^fd Culture and Faith

May, Rollo^fe Man's Search for Himself

Miller, Alexander^ff *The Christian Significance of Karl Marx^fg

Moberly, W. H.^fh Crisis in the University

Niebuhr, Reinhold^fi *Christian Realism and Political Problems

Ortega y Gasset^fj The Revolt of the Masses

Randall, John H.^fk The Making of the Modern Mind

Riesman, David^fl The Lonely Crowd

Sherill, Lewis^fm The Struggle of the Soul

Tawney, R. H. Christianity and the Rise of Capitalism

Tillich, Paul^fn *The Protestant Era (Chs. II, IV, IX, XIII thru XVIII)

Tolstoy, L.^fo The Law of Love and the Law of Violence

Toynbee, A. J.^fp An Historian's Approach to Religion

Troeltsch, Ernst^fq *Christian Thought

Ulich, Robert^fr The Meaning of Education

Prof. Paul Tillich^fs, Semitic Museum, Room 13. Office hours by appointment.

Mr. Robert Kimball^ft, Assistant to Dr. Tillich^fu. Office hours in Semitic 13 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 to 2:45.

FINAL EXAMINATTON

Humanities 127b

Theology 185b

Dr. Tillich^fv

I. Explicate: evaluate, and concretely illustrate the following concepts:

"estrangement"

"Existential Hypothesis"

"Religious Socialism"

1¼ hours

II. Discuss the role of the "middle axioms" in Dr. Tillich^fw's interpretation of ethics, and relate your discussion to the problems of historical relativism suggested by Troeltsch^fx (in Christian Thought).

45 minutes

III. Explicate and evaluate Prof. Buber^fy's understanding of "dialogue."

30 minutes

IV. Explicate and evaluate the significance of a discussion of "myths of origin" for a contemporary understanding of political science.

30 minutes

Hand in the bibliography of the reading done for this course (including annotations where pertinent) with the exam.

Humanities 127a

Professor Paul Tillich^fz

1. Write the essay you have prepared on some topic of your choosing. (Be sure to hand in the essay bibliography with your exam.)

(1 hr.)

2. Evaluate the following words or phrases, giving reference to the required reading wherever pertinent:

- religion as 'ultimate concern'

- 'demythologizing'

- 'religious style, secular subject matter'

- 'non-objective space'

- "Christ against culture"