The Essential 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.”