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Paul Johannes Tillich ( August 20, 1886 - October 22, 1965) was a German-born American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher.Born in Starzeddel , Germany, Tillich studied at a number of German universities—those of Berlin, Tübingen, Halle, and Breslau—before finally obtaining a degree. Shortly thereafter, in 1912, he was ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church , and soon took up a career as professorA professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. Overview Professors give lectures and seminars in their field of study, such as science or literature. They also do advanced research in their fields and are supposed to d. He moved around to a number of universities throughout Germany over the next two decades, teaching theology at the universities of Berlin, Marburg, DresdenDresden [ˈdreːsdn̩] ( Sorbian/Lusatian Drjezdzany , the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. The city’s population stood at 478,000 in 2004. At the same time, the total populat, and LeipzigLeipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] ( Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk is the largest city in the federal state ( Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. The name is derived from the Slavic word (see Sorbian) Lipsk (settlement where the linden trees stand). It is s, and philosophy at FrankfurtThe Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (commonly called the University of Frankfurt) was founded in 1914 as a Citizens' University, which means that while it was a State university of Prussia, it had been founded and financed by the wealt. However, his opposition to the Nazis cost him his job: he was fired in 1933Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 See also 1933 in aviation 1933 in film 1933 in literature 1933 in mu and replaced by philosopher Arnold GehlenArnold Gehlen ( January 29, 1904 January 30, 1976) was an influential conservative German philosopher and sociologist. His major influences while studying philosophy were Hans Driesch, Nicolai Hartmann and especially Max Scheler. He joined the NSDAP in 19, who had joined the NSDAP that year. Finding himself thus barred from German universities, Tillich accepted an invitation from Reinhold Niebuhr to teach at the Union Theological Seminary in the United States, to which country he emigrated later in that year.
It is at the Union Theological Seminary that Tillich earned his reputation, publishing a series of books that outlined his particular synthesis of Protestant Christian theology with existentialist philosophy (drawing on research in psychology in the process). A 1952 work outlining many of his views on the subject, The Courage to Be, proved popular even outside philosophical and religious circles, earning him considerable acclaim and influence. This led to a prestigious appointment at Harvard University in 1954, where he wrote another popularly acclaimed book, Dynamics of Faith ( 1957). In 1962, he moved to the University of Chicago, where he continued until his death in Chicago in 1965.
