Paul Tillich papers, circa 1930 -- 2002

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Series 1: Speeches and Sermons, 1943 -- 1965

This series is open for research.

0.5 linear feet; 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains speeches and sermons and other materials, including Tillich's 1952 James W. Richard Lecture, eventually published as Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1955], a typescript of Tillich's 1954 personal correspondence in German dealing with a forwarded question concerning his theology, typescripts of a 1943 letter to Thomas Mann in English, a 1955 presentation titled "Church and Contemporary Culture", a 1965 address before the Pacem in Terris Convocation, and a compilation of sermons delivered between 1955 and 1964. A number of sermons do not have any original date annotation.

This series is arranged in rough chronological order.



Box 1 Folder 1 Speeches, 1952

James W. Richard Lecture, 1952 UTS Correspondence regarding Tillich Paper European Discussion of the Problem of Demythologization of New Testament, Auburn Lecture, November 1952


Box 1 Folder 2 Speeches, 1954 -- 1965

Correspondence Tillich-Frazer-Werner, English-German, 1954 Church and Contemporary Culture-Presentation, 1955 Address to Pacem in Terris Convocation, 1965


Box 1 Folder 3 Letter to Thomas Mann, 1943


Box 1 Folder 4 Mixed materials, 1955 -- 1965

Retirement lecture announcement, Chicago Daily News, Jan 27, 1955 New York Times Obituary, Oct 24, 1965, clippings and photocopies


Box 1 Folder 5 Sermons, circa 1955 -- 1956

Do Not Be Conformed, [19??] Eternal Now, 1955 On Wisdom, [19??] In Everything Give Thanks, 1956, 2 copies


Box 1 Folder 6 Sermons, 1957 -- 1959

God's Pursuit of Man, 1957, Riddle of Inequality, 1958, 2 copies Good I Will, I Do Not, 1958-59, 2 copies


Box 1 Folder 7 Sermons, 1960

Divine Name, 1960, 2 copies Forgetting and Being Forgotten, 1960, 2 copies


Box 1 Folder 8 Sermons, 1961 -- 1963

Spiritual Presence, 1961, 2 copies Man and Earth, 1962, 2 copies Salvation, 1963


Box 1 Folder 8 Sermons, 1964

That They May Have life, 1964, 2 copies Right to Hope, 2 copies