Paul Tillich

[Im_A]

can anyone give me some good links and books to start out with reading Paul Tillich?

he's next on my list of authors to get into.

thanx!

God Bless you all! <><

 

[spinningtutu]

yes

I would start with the Courage to be. I think that is his best book

Then I'd go onto some of his others like the Shaking of the Foundations and Dynamics of Faith

Then do his three volume Systematic Theology

and save his History of Christian Thought for last

Paul Tillich is wonderful & is the reason for how I see a lot of things. Enjoy

 

[kidsminister]

"An apple painted by Cezanne can have more religious significance than a Jesus painted by one of the beautifiers of the 19th century."
-Paul Tillich

That's the only quote I remember from him...one of my professors in college was a huge Tillich fan, and he stuck quotes by him everywhere he thought he could get away with it!

 

[Diane_Windsor]

Paul Tillich

The linked short article has a bibliography and three external links.

Diane

 

[Im_A]

thank you paxigoth for the recommendations. i just put "Courage to Be" on order and should get it by either the end of this week or next week.

thank you kidsminister for the quote. that's an interesting quote to say the least

thank you diane, for i'm looking at the site now and going to check out the external sites.

all of this is appreciated. God Bless you all! <><

 

[angela 2]

can anyone give me some good links and books to start out with reading Paul Tillich?

he's next on my list of authors to get into.
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If and when you get to his systematic theology, be prepared for some tough sledding. It takes a while to get a handle on his unique terminology.

Try to stay away from secondary sources for now. In my opinion, Tillich has been pulled and stretched out of shape by some writers.

 

[Im_A]

If and when you get to his systematic theology, be prepared for some tough sledding. It takes a while to get a handle on his unique terminology.

Try to stay away from secondary sources for now. In my opinion, Tillich has been pulled and stretched out of shape by some writers.

thank you for the advice. i plan on doing that. i really don't want to read any over-views of any other Christian theologian of his works. i just want to read his works straight from him, even though i know they are probably translated from German.

 

[angela 2]

even though i know they are probably translated from German.

I wouldn't want to swear to it, but I think they were written in English. He taught at Union Seminary in NYC for many years.

Not that it matters to his theology, but he was a womanizer. The story goes that Reinhold Niebuhr never forgave Tillich for seducing one of Niebuhr's female graduate students. Just some local color.

 

[CaDan]

I'd start with "The Shaking of the Foundations."

 

[julian the apostate]

shaking of the foundations is out of print,,, i think,,

but available online here for free

http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=378

 

[kidsminister]

I wouldn't want to swear to it, but I think they were written in English. He taught at Union Seminary in NYC for many years.

Not that it matters to his theology, but he was a womanizer. The story goes that Reinhold Niebuhr never forgave Tillich for seducing one of Niebuhr's female graduate students. Just some local color.

I had heard that, too! My professor who was the Tillich fan marveled that someone who was so preoccupied with women would have such deep spiritual insight...

 

[angela 2]

I had heard that, too! My professor who was the Tillich fan marveled that someone who was so preoccupied with women would have such deep spiritual insight...

Obviously the man had great intellectual and physical energy.

 

[Im_A]

well i just got Courage to Be that i ordered. it's going to be interesting to see how this influences my thinking and so forth. God Bless! <><

 

[laflauta]

yes

I would start with the Courage to be. I think that is his best book

Then I'd go onto some of his others like the Shaking of the Foundations and Dynamics of Faith

Then do his three volume Systematic Theology

and save his History of Christian Thought for last

Paul Tillich is wonderful & is the reason for how I see a lot of things. Enjoy

Good suggestions, but unless you have a background in philosophy I would not start with The Courage to Be. In order of difficulty I would suggest:

The Shaking of the Foundations
(and the two companion volumes, The New Being and The Eternal Now)

Dynamics of Faith

The Courage to Be

Systematic Theology

In my opinion these are his best works. Systematic Theology is profound, but best to work up to it; it's pretty sophisticated.