Ritröð Guðfræðistofnunar - 01.01.2011, Page 141

Ritröð Guðfræðistofnunar - 01.01.2011, Page 141
hafa náð yfirhöndinni á trúarlífinu bls. 328: „The latter turnes God into a harsh and violent deity and us into fanatics, preoccupied with sin, hell and the devil, and hence makes us victimize ourselves and making us incapable of moral selfevaluation. “ I útlistun sinni á lifanda Guði gæti Haukur Ingi verið að sækja í smiðju guðfræðingsins Paul Tillich (1886-1965). Tillich ritar um guðshugtakið: Few things about God are more emphasized in the Bible, especially in the Old Testament, than the truth that God is a living God. Most of the so- called anthropomorphisms of the biblical picture of God are expressions of his character as living. His actions, his passions, his remembrances and anticipations, his suffering and joy, his personal relations and his plans ... all these make him a living God and distinguish him form the pure absolute, from being-itself. (Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology I, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1951, bls. 242). Samkvæmt Tillich er Guð lifandi vegna þess að Guð tengist hinni mannlegu reynslu. Ef Tillich leggur blessun sína yfir orðanotkunina um lifanda Guð sem biblíulega orðræðu um Guð tekur hann það jafnframt skýrt fram að mynd- líkingar um hinn lifandi Guð, sem oft taka samaburð sinn af tilfinningalífi manneskja, geta aldrei til fullnustu birt leyndardóm Guðs. Tillich nálgast þannig hugmyndir um guðdóminn á tveimur stigum, annars vegar sem ein tengsl meðal margra og hins vegar sem þess grunns sem heldur öllum tengslum tilvistar uppi. Tillich heldur áfram með hugleiðingu sína um það hvað felist í því að eiga lifandi Guð og segir: „God lives in so far as he is the ground oflife. “Þannig má segja að Guð sé lifandi í tillichskum skilningi að því leyti að guðdómurinn er grunnur allra tengsla og alls lífs. Þegar Haukur Ingi setur fram ferns konar tengsl mannverunnar til óvitundar, annarra manneskja, hinnar ómönnuðu náttúru og loks guðdómsins gæti hann að mínu viti vísað til svipaðra guðfræðihugmynda og Tillich um trúarleg tengsl sem koma fram í mannmiðlægum táknum um guðdóminn. Þegar Haukur Ingi hins vegar ræðir um land hins lifanda Guðs sem land ímyndunaraflsins virðist hann frekar vera að tala um lifanda Guð sem grunn tilverunnar. Haukur Ingi orðar þessa hugsun í ljóðrænu máli í niðurstöðu ritgerðarinnar á bls. 413: We have now reached our destination after a long journey across vast waters and into unknown territories of the imagination. We have approached our imaginary island from four different direction only to realize that all the time we were exploring the same land. We are in the land of the living God ... in the land of the imagination. 139
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