Tillich, P.

Tillich, P. (1954). Love, power, and justice. Oxford University Press.

This book features Paul Tillich at a concise, lucid, intriguing, and provocative author. Speaking with insight and authority, he presents a fundamental review of love, power, and justice, all of which are key notions in the relationships between individuals, social groups, and humanity to God.

The author’s goal is to reach the ontological basis of the meaning of each of these phrases, therefore rescuing them from the ambiguity, idealism, cynicism, and sentimentality with which they are typically treated. The fundamental unity of love, power, and justice is acknowledged and explained in compelling and novel language.

Tillich provides an insightful and forceful critique of love, power, and justice, as well as all notions crucial to the relationships between people, social groups, and humanity to God. His goal is to comprehend the basic or ontological basis of each of these terms’ meanings.