Tillich's Ultimate Concern Analysis

Tillich discuses concerns and how an ultimate concern is different, as well how the ultimate concern starts effecting one’s life. Tillich talks about the concept of faith as ultimate concern and how this correlates to God and the faith that is typically found in a church. Tillich discusses how we as human beings often possess many concerns, and some of which could even be considered spiritual in nature or moral visual, cognitive, or even political. These are concerns that are among those that typically become more of the urgent concerns for people and are often more difficult. When a concern is considered to be on a more difficult level it begins to take on a fundamentally religious character. This is what TIllch claims as his new term being their ultimate concerns. These type of ultimate concerns often times begin to demand total control of one’s self, and it also provides a more complete contentment and satisfaction. This particular view defines the primacy of its claim and accounts for the overwhelming effect upon one’s life. …show more content…
It refers both to the act of faith and to the content of faith. In fact, even in Tillich’s own writing he does not suggest that one should not believe or that their beliefs should be pushed aside, he just states that it should be placed second to person’s ultimate concern. Therefore, he is basically saying that just because the act of being ultimately concerned is justified it should not be disregarded due to one’s person faith. This particular aspect of faith signals what most people have always been taught by others, that being faith should overcome the obstacles between the two. As Tillich often references back to the ultimate of the act of faith and the ultimate that is meant in the act of faith are one and the