Week 3- Cobb, Chapter 3

I thought it was so interesting to read Cobb’s explanation of the life and thought of Paul Tillich. I would place myself very much in the beginning stages of Tillich’s thought, believing that culture can catch glimpses of God and reveal to us ways in which God  is at work. I have not come to the point, as he did, in which I have lost the hope that God can be seen through culture. I do, however, understand how he got there. I can also see that his understanding that the brokenness, weakness, and cry for help is the loudest voice we can see in culture, and this shows us humanity’s search for something bigger than themselves. I do not discount this brokenness, though, as a glimpse of God.

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