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Paul Tillich quotes on being

2 verified English passages where Paul Tillich’ s thought meets questions of being.

Paul Tillich on being

Paul Tillich (1886–1965) approaches being within existential theology. God is not a being among beings but the ground of being; faith is ultimate concern. Systematically, the teaching links faith, anxiety, culture into a practical and theoretical whole. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets being most directly—useful for searches such as “paul tillich quotes on being.”

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  1. The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself as accepted in spite of being unacceptable.
    Q0218
    The Courage to Be (1952)
  2. Courage is the self-affirmation of being in spite of the fact of nonbeing.