Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Tillich, Paul
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965
Other form(s) of name
- Tillich, Paulus J.
- Tillich, Paul Johannes Oskar
- Paul Tillich
- Paul J. Tillich
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1886-1965
History
Paul Tillich was German-born Protestant theologian whose books on systematic theology were among the most influential in theological circles of the 20th Century. He was ordained a Lutheran minister and served as a chaplain in the German army during World War I. He was against this war and he came to realize that the Christian principles underpinning society were under attack. A fierce critic of the Nazi regime, he was one of the first non-Jewish professors to be expelled from a German university. He went to the United States and spent the rest of his career with professorships at Union Theological Seminary, Harvard University, and University of Chicago. (Source: «The Hidden Ground of Love», pp. 575-576.)