Thanks so much for watching today’s video, I hope you enjoy it. Don’t forget to like and share the video, and if you’re new, consider subscribing. Check out this comparison of Paul Tillich and Raimon Panikkar. Paul Tillich’s view of God as the “ground of being,” his differentiation between sign and symbol, and his idea of deliteralization of symbols and myths become very popular. Similarly, Raimon Panikkar’s mythic understanding of being, the flow from myth to symbol, and the reality of symbol as multivalent also became very popular. Let’s go over these two figures and check out how they might be similar or different.

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0:00 Intro
1:15 Paul Tillich ground of being
5:33 Paul Tillich signs vs symbols
8:07 Paul Tillich deliteralization
10:16 Raimon Panikkar myth
11:47 Raimon Panikkar from myth to symbol
12:06 Raimon Panikkar symbols as multivalent
15:25 Tillich and Panikkar comparison
19:36 Wrap-up

Based on: “Religious Symbols and Myths in Tillich and Panikkar” Presentation for Panikkar Symposium by Mark Banas, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Denver, November 18, 2022.

Check out these episodes referenced in this video:

Paul Tillich
Summer Philosophy Series Part 2: Tillich    • Summer Philosophy Series Part 2: Tillich  
Paul Tillich's Dynamics of Faith    • Paul Tillich's Dynamics of Faith  
Paul Tillich Systematic Theology: Volume I    • Paul Tillich Systematic Theology: Vol...  
Paul Tillich Systematic Theology: Volume II    • Paul Tillich Systematic Theology: Vol...  

Raimon Panikkar
Who Was Raimon Panikkar?    • Who Was Raimon Panikkar?  
Myth & Logos in Religion    • Myth & Logos in Religion  

Article referenced near the beginning:
Jonathan Z. Smith. “Tillich[‘s] Remains.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 78:4 (December 2010): 1112-1138.

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