Paul Tillich
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| Paul Tillich | |
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| Region | Western philosophy |
| Born | August 20, 1886 Starzeddel, Germany |
| Died | October 22, 1965 (aged 79) New Harmony, Indiana |
| Occupation | Theologian |
| Language | English, German |
| Period | 20th-century philosophy |
| Tradition or movement | Christian existentialism |
| Main interests | Ontology, Ground of Being |
| Notable ideas | God above God, New Being |
| Notable works | The Courage to Be (1952), Systematic Theology, 1951–63 |
| Influences | Origen, René Descartes, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger |
| Influenced | Rollo May, Thomas J. J. Altizer, Martin Luther King, Robert Cummings Neville, Ernest Becker, John Shelby Spong |
Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. Tillich was one of the most influential Protestant theologians of the 20th century.[1] Among the general populace, he is best known for his works The Courage to Be (1952) and Dynamics of Faith (1957), which introduced issues of theology and modern culture to a general readership. Theologically, he is best known for his major three-volume work Systematic Theology (1951–63), in which he developed his "method of correlation": an approach of exploring the symbols of Christian revelation as answers to the problems of human existence raised by contemporary existential philosophical analysis.[2][3]
Contents
[hide]- 1 Biography
- 2 Theology
- 3 Popular works by Tillich
- 4 Reception
- 5 Bibliography
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 Further reading
- 9 External links
