The Courage to Be: Third Edition

Originallypublishedmorethanfiftyyearsago,TheCouragetoBehasbecomeaclassicoftwentieth-centuryreligiousandphilosophicalthought.ThegreatChristianexistentialistthinkerPaulTillichdescribesthedilemmaofmodernmanandpointsawaytotheconquestoftheproblemofanxiety.ThiseditionincludesanewintroductionbyHarveyCoxthatsituatesthebookwithinthetheologicalconversationintowhichitfirstappearedandconveysitscontinuedrelevanceinthecurrentcentury."Thebrilliance,thewealthofillustration,andtheaptnessofpersonalapplication...makethereadingofthesechaptersanexcitingexperience."-W.NormanPittenger,NewYorkTimesBookReview"Alucidandarrestingbook."-FrancesWitherspoon,NewYorkHeraldTribune"Clear,unclutteredthinkingandlucidwritingmarkMr.Tillich'sstudyasadistinguishedandreadableone."-AmericanScholarSelectedasoneoftheBooksoftheCenturybytheNewYorkPublicLibrary