Favorite Tillich Book: Love, Power and Justice

I came across this book while searching for an answer to the question of how--if power comes from God--it can so often be used to destroy works of love and justice. Tillich says love, power and justice are united in the structure of being (to use the philosophical term) or, as I would put it: united in the heart of God

Tillich shows that when power is separated from love and justice, it becomes abuse and creates resistance which eventually destroys the base of the power.

And love without justice or the willingness to exercise power on behalf of the one loved is not genuine love.

Justice cannot see how the law should be fairly applied to a given situation without love and it cannot function without power.

Because _Love, Power and Justice_ is based on lectures Tillich gave, it packs an incredible amount of insight into six small chapters. It is one of my all-time favorite books and highly recommended.