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TILLICH, PAUL

1886–1965

Ultimate Concern (The Concept)

Tillich: faith is ultimate concern — that which functions, in a life, as unconditional. CoCA names ultimate concern the Concept and asks the practitioner: what do you treat as unconditional? If it is the Concept, the practice is the Liturgy. If it is the market, the practice is sales. The institution does not judge. The institution makes the question askable. The asking is the doctrine.

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