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Tillich, Paul Johannes

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(tĭl'ĭk), 1886–1965, American philosopher and theologian, b. Germany, educated at the universities of Berlin, Tübingen, Halle, and Breslau. In 1912 he was ordained a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He taught theology at the universities of Berlin, Marburg, Dresden, and Leipzig and philosophy at the Univ. of Frankfurt until he was dismissed in 1933 because of his opposition to the Nazi regime. In the same year, at the invitation of Reinhold Niebuhr, he went to the United States and joined the faculty of Union Theological Seminary. In 1954 he became a professor at Harvard; in 1962 he became Nuveen professor of theology at the Univ. of Chicago. His theological system embraced the concept of “the Protestant Principle,” according to which every Yes must have its corresponding No, and no human truth is ultimate. Faith, to Tillich, was “ultimate concern,” and God was “the God above God,” the “Ground of Being,” or “Being-Itself.” “New Being,” rather than “salvation,” should be the…
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From Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
German-born American theologian and philosopher. Born in Starzeddel, eastern Germany, he was educated in philosophy and theology and ordained in the Prussian Evangelical Church in 1912. He served as an army chaplain during World War I and later taught at Berlin, Marburg, Dresden, Leipzig, and…
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German pastor, theologian and philosopher. Dismissed from his professorship by Nazis in 1933, he left to teach in the US. His theories blend philosophical and psychoanalytical elements with the theological. Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being. 1952 The Courage to Be. Faith…
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Full text Article Paul Tillich 1886–1965

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Full text Article Tillich, Paul

From Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology
After serving as a chaplain in the German Army during World War I, Paul Tillich (1886–1965) became known as a religious socialist and philosophical theologian during the fourteen turbulent years of the Weimar Republic. During this period he held posts at Phillips-Universität at Marburg (1924–5), …
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The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was among the greatest leaders in the struggle for racial justice in the twentieth century, a man whose influence spread well beyond the borders of the United States. Although he focused his energies at first on the blatant injustice of legalized segregation, he…
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Full text Article Tillich, Paul

From Encyclopedia of American Religious History
(b. 1886–d. 1965) theologian One of the leading American theologians of the 20th century, Paul Tillich was born on August 20, 1886, in Starzeddel, Germany (now Starosiedle, Poland). His early life was that of a small-town child of a German Lutheran minister. Called to the ministry himself, Tillich…
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Full text Article Tillich, Paul (Johannes)

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born , Aug. 20, 1886, Starzeddel, Brandenburg, Ger.—died Oct. 22, 1965, Chicago, Ill., U.S.) German-born U.S. Protestant theologian. He studied at Berlin, Tübingen, and Halle and was a chaplain with the German army during World War I. He taught successively at Marburg, Dresden, and Frankfurt am…
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Existentialism is a chiefly philosophical and literary movement that became popular after 1930 and that provides a distinctive interpretation of human existence. The question of the meaning of human existence is of supreme importance to existentialism, which advocates that people should create value…
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Full text Article Tillich, Paul Johannes

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(tĭl'ĭk), 1886–1965, American philosopher and theologian, b. Germany, educated at the universities of Berlin, Tübingen, Halle, and Breslau. In 1912 he was ordained a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He taught theology at the universities of Berlin, Marburg, Dresden, and Leipzig and…
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Full text Article Existential Psychology

From Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Existential psychology is a philosophical approach applied in psychotherapy that emphasizes the existence of individuals as free agents responsible for their own development through acts of will. Existentialists believe that the essence of humans is their existence, meaning that the individual alone…
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