In a message dated 12/6/99 5:51:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, Jtw24@aol.com
writes:
> i just joined this wonderful little mailing this with one thing in mind---
> to
> find out if anyone has investigated at all the relationship between paul
> tillich's systematic theology and pirsig's moq. despite being presented
from
> varying perspectives and with different intentions, they seem to point to
> the
> same thing. i figured pirsig's quality might even provide an answer to
one
> of tillich's major problems. anyway, i decided to write a paper on this
for
> school and wanted to consult you folks to see if this topic had been
> discussed at all and what, if anything, came out of it. thanks a lot.
jared
>
Well, although I am not as familiar with his work as I once was, I remember
Tillich as an existential Christian. In that, i agree that his basic ideas
are in the MOQ, but only in the importance of morality and religion being
concerned with immediate issues. The overall structure of the MOQ is so much
wider, although the saintly attitude is much more dynamic than the static
dogma of most religion. Hopefully I'm not confusing Tillich with another
author.
The theological author which I most associate with the ideas of Pirsig is
Peter Berger. His use of sociological examination on religion produced
concepts about morals on the most 'objective' level that I had ever
previously thought possible (before Lila). I continue to believe that these
sociological models form a basis for the MOQ and have used them time and
again as supports for it. I believe Berger's seminal work on the subject was
titled, "The Sacred and the Profane." But I could be wrong about the title.
It might have been, "The Sacred Canopy." Darn, I can't remember.
xcto
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