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Tillich's Contribution to a World Theology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

J. Heywood Thomas
Affiliation:
Dept of TheologyUniversity ParkNottingham NG7 2RD

Extract

Paul Johannes Tillich was born a hundred years ago as is well-known. That he lived into the 1960s is equally wellknown and even what I and some others said of him in the mid and late sixties might be known. However, history moves on and we with it so that it is a different matter that is considered if one asks what his legacy is and what his significance is in the second half of this decade. That is what I want to do here and I want to highlight the legacy by asking whether he elucidates for us the concept of a world theology.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1990

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