Paul Tillich (1886-1965) THEMES ON THIS PAGE:  1. THE COURAGE TO BE 2. SYMBOLS AND THE BEYOND  3. FAITH Paul Tillich (1886-1965) was an important German-American philosopher, Christian existentialist, and Lutheran theologian. He grew up in Germany, became a Lutheran minister, and taught theology at the Universities of Berlin, Marburg, Leipzig and Frankfurt. In 1933 he was dismissed from university by the Nazi party, and he moved to New York at the age of 47. He taught at several academic universities, among...