Tillich

[ til-ik; German til-ikh ]

noun

1. Paul Jo·han·nes [pawl yoh-, han, -is, poul yoh-, hah, -n, uh, s], 1886–1965, U.S. philosopher and theologian, born in Germany.

Tillich

/ ˈtɪlɪk /

noun

1. TillichPaul Johannes18861965MUSRELIGION: theologianPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Paul Johannes. 1886–1965, US Protestant theologian and philosopher, born in Germany. His works include The Courage to Be (1952) and Systematic Theology (1951–63)

Example Sentences

“The Jewish nation is the nation of time, in a sense which cannot be said of any other nation,” the German Protestant theologian Paul Tillich explained in 1938:

From Salon

Perhaps the efforts of science, especially neuroscience, to integrate Buddhism into its own worldview is the realization of what Tillich was imagining.

From Salon

Those sermons, he recounted, inspired him to enroll at Union Theological Seminary in New York, where he studied under theologians including Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich.

From Washington Post

He entered Union Theological Seminary in 1954, studied under Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich and, in 1958, earned a divinity baccalaureate and was ordained as a Presbyterian evangelical, a minister without pastoral charge.

From New York Times

As I quote Paul Tillich: “Doubt is not the opposite of faith. It’s a part of faith.”

From Scientific American