Paul Tillich and American Thought
This project studied the influence of Paul Tillich—a distinguished philosophical and cultural theologian and an eminent interpreter of the 20th century—on contemporary life.
A distinguished and controversial philosophical and cultural theologian, Paul Tillich has been described as an eminent interpreter of the 20th century. The breadth of Tillich’s interests is a remarkable example of one individual transcending many disciplinary boundaries, reflecting the essence of the Academy and its membership. In 1979, the Academy held a meeting in New Harmony, Indiana, to develop a study of the influence of Tillich’s work on contemporary life. The collaborative resulting volume, published two decades after his death, is a compendium of the work of a remarkably wide-ranging American theologian, as seen by scholars from many fields in the humanities.
Resulting Publication
- The Thought of Paul Tillich, eds. James Luther Adams, Wilhelm Pauck, and Roger L. Shinn. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985. (out of print)