Description:
An essential collection of the best work by renowned Christian theologian Paul Tillich In his lifetime, Paul Tillich became that rarest of things: a famous theologian. Known for marrying an approachable personal and intellectual manner with rigorous religious thought and analysis, Tillich was as influential as any writer on religion at mid-century, listened to not just by parishioners and students but by political leaders, intellectuals, artists, and scientists as well.
This volume collects Tillich's best and most important work. Editor F. Forrester Church has structured the book around eight key areas of Tillich's thought, titled: Ultimate Concern; Symbols of Faith; The Protestant Principle; Addressing the Situation; Love, Power, and Justice; The Courage to Be; The Future of Religions; and Living on the Boundary. Through them we get a clear picture of the work of a man whom Church describes as "a man of rare genius and perspecuity, a modern man whose heart was in Jerusalem, whose spirit was with the ancient Greeks, and whose soul was committed to a better future."
Brief description: Paul Tillich (1886-1965) held distinguished positions at several German universities before immigrating to the United States in 1933 where he taught at Harvard University and the University of Chicago. His many publications include The Courage to Be, a three-volume treatise entitled Systematic Theology, and Theology of Culture.
Review Quotes:
"With this volume, Paul Tillich joins the ranks of the great Christian theologians such as Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas. . . .This volume, compiled by a noted minister and scholar, offers to the theological student, church worker, or, indeed, any serious reader struggling with the existential question, a tantalizing and illuminating introduction to perhaps the greatest mind of twentieth-century Protestant theology."
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