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...long while--67 years, to be exact--it looked as though Tillich and the University would never get together. Born in 1886 in Starzeddel, Prussia, the theologian recalls that as early as the eighth grade it was "my dream" to be a scholar. He studied theology and philosophy at various German universities, became both a Ph.D. and an ordained minister of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, and then in 1914, caught up by the excitement of war, he volunteered to serve as a chaplain in the German army. About two weeks in the front lines were enough to quench...
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