Paul Tillich

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born

August 20, 1886 in Germany

died

October 22, 1965

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tillich

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Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. Tillich was – along with his contemporaries Rudolf Bultmann (Germany), Karl Barth (Switzerland), and Reinhold Niebuhr (United States) – one of the four most influential Protestant theologians of the 20th century.[citation needed] 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 existenc...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 1,736 ratings · 161 reviews · 63 distinct works

	The Courage to Be by Paul Tillich, Peter J. Gomes (Introduction) 4.03 avg rating — 559 ratings — published 1952 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Dynamics of Faith by Paul Tillich, Marion Pauck (introduction) 3.87 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1957 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Systematic Theology 1 3.67 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1951 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Systematic Theology 2: Existence and the Christ 3.78 avg rating — 78 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	A History of Christian Thought by Paul Tillich, Carl E. Braaten (Editor) 4.05 avg rating — 73 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The New Being by Paul Tillich, Mary Ann Stenger (Introduction) 3.86 avg rating — 69 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Systematic Theology 3: Life & the Spirit: History & the Kingdom of God 3.78 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Theology of Culture 3.89 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1958 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Love, Power and Justice: Ontological Analysis & Ethical Applications 4.06 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1954 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Essential Tillich by Paul Tillich, F. Forrester Church (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.”
― Paul Tillich

tags: doubt , faith , inspiration , religion

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“The first duty of love is to listen.”
― Paul Tillich

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“Language ... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.”
― Paul Tillich, The Eternal Now

tags: courage , independence , loneliness , pain , personal-freedom , privacy , solitude

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