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Tillich's Wartime Experience
- Paul Tillich served as a chaplain in WWI, burying many soldiers, including his friend.
- He became an existentialist on the Western Front, influenced by Nietzsche and his wartime experiences.
Living on the Boundary
- Tillich believed living on the boundary between alternatives fostered knowledge.
- This position, while fruitful, was also challenging, demanding difficult life decisions.
Tillich's Method of Correlation
- Tillich, an early Hitler resistor, was the first non-Jewish professor dismissed from a German university.
- He fled to the US and developed his "method of correlation," connecting human questions with religious answers.