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Paul Tillich was a 19th-century American and american theologian and philosopher. Paul Johannes Tillich was a German and American Christian existentialist philosopher, religious socialist, and Lutheran theologian who was one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century. Tillich taught at German universities before immigrating to the United States in 1933, where he taught at Union Theological Seminary, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination

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