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The Theologian’s Wife
At the time I was at Columbia University, as a graduate student in philosophy as well as an Assistant in the Religion Department, Paul Tillich – a theologian of world stature in the twentieth century – was just a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail L. Rosenthal’s A Good Look at Evil, Columbia Religion Department, Columbia University, commitments betrayed, communists and nazis, connecting the dots, deathbed farewell, denial of evil, emancipation as the excuse, escaping when Hitler takes power, female powerlessness, German politics, Germany between the wars, getting a look at Hitler, God of history, great man’s wife, great men who exploit women, great thinkers who betray women, Hannah Tillich, Hannah Tillich’s From Time to Time, Hannah Tillich’s memoir, Hitler rally, Hitler’s spell, honor under fire, impersonal God vs personal God, keeping one’s honor, lifelong friendship, long suffering wives, love at first sight, love surviving disappointment, love triangle, loving but not trusting, marital infidelity, marriage as lifelong voyage, meditation as emotional shelter, meeting great men, nazi’s uncanny speed, Nietzsche, open marriage, open relationship, Paul Tillich, Paul Tillich’s marriage, Paul Tillich’s widow, perceiving evil, personal betrayal, personal virtue, post-war Germany, recognizing evil, rekindled friendship, repressed jealousy, scorning bourgeois values, spiritual discernment, spoiling true love, the disappointed woman behind the great man, theologians and nazism, theological problems, theology professorships, Tillich in America, Tillich’s Biblical Faith, Tillich’s Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality, Tillich’s Ground of Being, Tillich’s personal God, Tillich’s Ultimacy, ultimacy, Union Theological Seminary, victimization in marriage, virtue under pressure, weathering the storms of marriage, world class theologian, yoga and emotional shelter, yoga and meditation
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Bulletin from History
Bulletin from History The other day, I spoke by telephone to my Israeli first cousin. In her young days, she worked for a British military unit stationed in the region under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for … Continue reading
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Sacrificial Acts
Sacrificial Acts A review of mine, written in support of an author I greatly admire, was just accepted for publication. It was written at the sacrifice of long-postponed time and energy that, right now, I really needed to expend … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Consolations of Philosophy: Hobbes's Secret; Spinoza's Way" by Henry M. Rosenthal; ed. Abigail L. Rosenthal, 17th Century Philosophers, academia, altruism, “Brooklyn Connections”, Benedict Spinoza, Brooklyn College, career advancement, career sacrifice, college curriculum, deathbed promise, expecting pay off, expecting rewards, faculty fight, father fixation, father/daughter relationships, finding balance, getting published, happy endings, higher education, honoring commitments, impromptu speech, invited speaker, Jerry L. Martin, job struggle, knowing what is due, Life Force, love at first sight, love sight unseen, modern philosophy, online editors, online publications, overcoming the ego, personal life, posthumous work, professional advancement, professional reputation, professional standing, providence, publication, self-sacrifice, setting priorities, strategic acumen, tea with friends, teaching obligations, Thomas Hobbes, unexpected rewards, unjust firing, unpublished manuscript, unselfishness
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