University of Tehran Press Philosophy of Religion 2008-7063 13 4 2016 12 21 An Anlysis of the Possiblity of the Divine Attributes and the Will to Believe, Based on Paul Tillich’s Views An Anlysis of the Possiblity of the Divine Attributes and the Will to Believe, Based on Paul Tillich’s Views 697 715 61123 10.22059/jpht.2016.61123 FA Seyed Mojtaba Mirdamadi Assistant professor of the University of Tehran Journal Article 2014 06 15 There is no doubt that the belief in God is a state of heart that provides safety for the believer and stands above all the minor beliefs of man, as well as granting happiness; but to provide the characteristics of the object of faith, i.e. the divine attributes, is necessary in discussing one of the most basic issues in the Islamic and Christian theologies. In this context, the Christian existentialist theologian Paul Tillich, in a very complex and ambiguous way, difines God and his attributes and presents faith with characteristics such as: ultimare and the unconditional concern, and the ultimate concern of human life and action, as well as the conscious act and the subject of freedom. Although he is one of the modertare fedeists, but his definition of faith, based on the aforementioned characteristics, is paradoxical. This aiticle seeks to prove two issues: First, the absolute and infinite nature of God does not mean that there is no real and actual attributes to God. And second, faith, in all its stages, is an act of will and freedom. There is no doubt that the belief in God is a state of heart that provides safety for the believer and stands above all the minor beliefs of man, as well as granting happiness; but to provide the characteristics of the object of faith, i.e. the divine attributes, is necessary in discussing one of the most basic issues in the Islamic and Christian theologies. In this context, the Christian existentialist theologian Paul Tillich, in a very complex and ambiguous way, difines God and his attributes and presents faith with characteristics such as: ultimare and the unconditional concern, and the ultimate concern of human life and action, as well as the conscious act and the subject of freedom. Although he is one of the modertare fedeists, but his definition of faith, based on the aforementioned characteristics, is paradoxical. This aiticle seeks to prove two issues: First, the absolute and infinite nature of God does not mean that there is no real and actual attributes to God. And second, faith, in all its stages, is an act of will and freedom. https://jpht.ut.ac.ir/article_61123_b849b1d4e7d507be75b0152327c0269f.pdf