BIOGRAPHY
Paul Tillich (1886-1965)
BIOGRAPHY
Paul Tillich (1886-1965)
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180 - 240 minutesCONTENT
The module gives a survey of Paul Tillich's life and work.COMPETENCES
After dealing with the contents and tasks of this module - the students have
TIME
180 - 240 minutes
INHALT
The module gives a survey of Paul Tillich's life and work.
COMPETENCES
After dealing with the contents and tasks of this module - the students have
I lona Nord interviews Ted Farris, the grandson of Paul Tillich, on 19.07.2019 in New York.
Ted Farris reports on his memories of his grandparents Paul and Hanna Tillich and his own access to the work of Paul Tillich. The ability to connect Paul Tillich's thoughts to an increasingly mediatized and mechanized todays world also comes into view.
P aul Tillich (1886-1965), German-American Protestant theologian and philosopher. From 1919 to 1933 he taught at several universities.
In 1933, he was suspended because of his leading role at the "Bund religiöser Sozialisten", and emigrated to the USA, where he obtained American citizenship in 1940. After teaching at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, he transferred to Harvard University in 1955 and in 1962 became professor at the University of Chicago.
P aul Tillich (1886-1965), German-American Protestant theologian and philosopher. From 1919 to 1933 he taught at several universities.
In 1933, he was suspended because of his leading role at the "Bund religiöser Sozialisten", and emigrated to the USA, where he obtained American citizenship in 1940. After teaching at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, he transferred to Harvard University in 1955 and in 1962 became professor at the University of Chicago.
20. August 1886
Born in Starzeddel, district Guben, as the son of the Lutheran pastor Johannes Tillich (1857-1937) from Berlin, and his wife Mathilde.
Postcard of Tillich's birthplace in Starzeddel
1904 - 1910
Theological and philosophical studies at the Universities of Berlin, Tübingen and Halle.
Tillich as a student in full dress
1910
He takes his doctoral degree (a thesis on Schelling) with Eugen Kühnemann at the University of Breslau.1911
Beginning of vicariate in NauenMai 1911
Second theological exam18. August 1912
Ordination at St. Matthäuskirche, Berlin1912-1913
Paul Tillich works as an assistant preacher at Erlöserkirche in Berlin-Moabit.1914
Marriage with Greti Wever
Paul and Gerti Tillich
1914-1918
Voluntary army chaplain at the Western Front during the time of the Great War1916
Habilitation in Theology at the Universtiy of Halle1919
Habilitation recognition in Berlin.
Important publication: Über die Idee einer Theologie der Kultur
published in: Religionsphilosophie der Kultur : zwei Entwürfe; [Vorträge, gehalten in der Berliner Abteilung der Kant-Gesellschaft ...] / von Gustav Radbruch und Paul Tillich1919-1924
Associate professor at the University of Berlin1921
Divorce from his first wife Greti1923
Important publication: Das System der Wissenschaften nach Gegenständen und Methoden
published by: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht1923
Marriage with Hannah Werner
Important publication: Rechtfertigung und Zweifel
published in: Vol. 39 of "Vorträge der theologischen Konferenz zu Giessen", Töpelmann1924-1925
Non-tenured professor of Systematic Theology at Philipps-University Marburg an der Lahn1925
Important publication: Religionsphilosophie
Dogmatik
published posthumously1925-1929
Full professor of Theology at Sächsische Technische Hochschule Dresden1926
Important publication: Die religiöse Lage der Gegenwart
published by: Ullstein
Die religiöse Lage der Gegenwart
1926
1927-1929
At the same time honorary professor of Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of Culture at the University of Leipzig1928
Important publication: Das religiöse Symbol
published in: Tillich, Paul, Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 5 Die Frage nach dem Unbedingten, Schriften zur Religionsphilosophie, Berlin 1964, 196-212.1929-1933
Full professor of Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Frankfurt-on-Main1930
Religiöse Verwirklichung
published by: Furche
Religiöse Verwirklichung
1933
Important publication: Die sozialistische Entscheidung
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Die sozialistische Entscheidung
1933
Paul Tillich's commitment to political and social problems ("Religiöser Sozialismus") and his book "Die sozialistische Entscheidung", published in 1933, arouse the hostility of national socialism, which leads to the suspension from his chair in Frankfurt-on-Main in spring 1933.
In the summer of the same year, American theologians achieve his provisional employment at the "Union Theological Seminary" in New York, and Tillich emigrates to the USA. The originally planned "guest year" was finally to become a full professorship of Philosophical Theology.
1933-1934
Lecturer at Columbia University in New York1933-1937
Lecturer at the Union Theological Seminary in New York1936
Important publication: The Interpretation of History
published by: C. Scribner's sons
The Interpretation of History
1937-1940
Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology at the Union Theological Seminary in New York1940
Tillich becomes American citizen1940-1955
Professor of Philosophical Theology am Union Theological Seminary in New York.
Tillich with colleagues in New York
1942-1944
Important publication/ speeches: an meine deutschen Freunde - Die Politischen Reden Paul Tillichs Während Des 2. Weltkriegs Über Die Stimme Amerikas1948
First trip to Germany after the Second World War.
Important publication: The Shaking of the Foundations
Download integral text
The Shaking of the Foundations
1948
1951
Important publication: Systematic Theology I1952
Important publication: The Courage to Be1954
Important publication: Love, Power, and Justice1955
Important publication: Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality
The New Being1955-1962
University Professor at Harvard University1957
Important publication: Systematic Theology II
Dynamics of Faith1962-1965
John Nuveen Professor at the Federated Theological Faculty in Chicago1961
Awarding of the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
The German ambassador in the USA, Greve, awards Tillich the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
1962
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
Peace Prize
1963
Important publication:
Systematic Theology III
Christianity and the Encounter of World Religions
The Eternal Now
Morality and Beyond1965
On October 22, Paul Tillich dies in Chicago.
Memorial stone in New Harmony
20. August 1886
Born in Starzeddel, district Guben, as the son of the Lutheran pastor Johannes Tillich (1857-1937) from Berlin, and his wife Mathilde.Postcard of Tillich's birthplace in Starzeddel
1904 - 1910
Theological and philosophical studies at the Universities of Berlin, Tübingen and Halle.Tillich as a student in full dress
1910
He takes his doctoral degree (a thesis on Schelling) with Eugen Kühnemann at the University of Breslau.1911
Beginning of vicariate in NauenMai 1911
Second theological exam18. August 1912
Ordination at St. Matthäuskirche, Berlin1912-1913
Paul Tillich works as an assistant preacher at Erlöserkirche in Berlin-Moabit.1914
Marriage with Greti WeverPaul and Gerti Tillich
1914-1918
Voluntary army chaplain at the Western Front during the time of the Great War1916
Habilitation in Theology at the University of Halle1919
Habilitation recognition in Berlin
Important publication: Über die Idee einer Theologie der Kultur
published in: Religionsphilosophie der Kultur : zwei Entwürfe ; [Vorträge, gehalten in der Berliner Abteilung der Kant-Gesellschaft ...] / von Gustav Radbruch und Paul Tillich1919-1924
Associate professor at the University of Berlin1921
Divorce from his first wife Greti1923
Important publication: Das System der Wissenschaften nach Gegenständen und Methoden
published by: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht1923
Marriage with Hannah Werner
Important publication: Rechtfertigung und Zweifel
published in: Band 39 von Vorträge der theologischen Konferenz zu Giessen, Töpelmann1924-1925
Non-tenured professor of Systematic Theology at Philipps-University Marburg an der Lahn1925
Important publication: Religionsphilosophie
Dogmatik
published posthumously1925-1929
Full professor of Theology at Sächsische Technische Hochschule Dresden1926
Important publication: Die religiöse Lage der Gegenwart
published by: UllsteinDie religiöse Lage der Gegenwart
1926
1927-1929
At the same time full honorary professor of Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of Culture at the University of Leipzig1928
Important publication: Das religiöse Symbol
published in: Tillich, Paul, Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 5 Die Frage nach dem Unbedingten, Schriften zur Religionsphilosophie, Berlin 1964, 196-212.1929-1933
Full professor of Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Frankfurt-on-Main1930
Religiöse Verwirklichung
published by: FurcheReligiöse Verwirklichung
1933
Important publication: Die sozialistische Entscheidung
Download integral text here
Die sozialistische Entscheidung
1933
Paul Tillich's commitment to political and social problems ("Religiöser Sozialismus") and his book "Die sozialistische Entscheidung", published in 1933, arouse the hostility of national socialism, which leads to the suspension from his chair in Frankfurt-on-Main in spring 1933.
In the summer of the same year, American theologians achieve his provisional employment at the "Union Theological Seminary" in New York, and Tillich emigrates to the USA. The originally planned "guest year" was finally to become a full professorship of Philosophical Theology.
1933-1934
Lecturer at Columbia University in New York1933-1937
Lecturer at the Union Theological Seminary in New York1936
Important publication: The Interpretation of History
published by: C. Scribner's sons
The Interpretation of History
1937-1940
Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology at the Union Theological Seminary in New York1940
Tillich becomes American citizen1940-1955
Professor of Philosophical Theology at the Union Theological Seminary in New York
Tillich with colleagues in New York
1942-1944
Important publication/ speeches: an meine deutschen Freunde - Die Politischen Reden Paul Tillichs Während Des 2. Weltkriegs Über Die Stimme Amerikas1948
First trip to Germany after the Second World War
Important publication: The Shaking of the Foundations
Download integral text here
The Shaking of the Foundations
1948
1951
Important publication: Systematic Theology I1952
Important publication: The Courage to Be1954
Important publication: Love, Power, and Justice1955
Important publication: Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality
The New Being1955-1962
University Professor at Harvard University1957
Important publication: Systematic Theology II
Dynamics of Faith1962-1965
John Nuveen Professor at the Federated Theological Faculty in Chicago1961
Awarding of the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyThe German ambassador in the USA, Greve, awards Tillich the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
1962
Peace Prize of the German Book TradePeace Prize
1963
Important publication:
Systematic Theology III
Christianity and the Encounter of World Religions
The Eternal Now
Morality and Beyond1965
On October 22, Paul Tillich dies in Chicago.
Memorial stone in New Harmony
EXERCISES
Here you find some exercises to reflect on the topic.
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EXERCISES
Here you find some exercises to reflect on the topic.
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