eprintid: 223286
rev_number: 7
eprint_status: archive
userid: 958
dir: disk0/00/22/32/86
datestamp: 2025-09-03 06:58:50
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status_changed: 2025-09-03 06:58:50
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: wfontanini@gmail.com
sword_depositor: 958
creators_name: Fontanini, Walter
creators_orcid: 0009-0001-6680-9465
corp_creators: Doktori Iskola SE DI [2019-]
title: Paul Tillich and the Genesis of Existential Psychology
ispublished: pub
subjects: BF
full_text_status: public
keywords: Paul Tillich, Existential Psychology, Rollo May, "The Courage to Be", "The Meaning of Anxiety", "The Courage to Create", Horkheimer, Frankfurt School, Yalom
abstract: This study traces back the intellectual journey of Paul Tillich while focusing on his central role in the emergence of existential psychology. It starts with a historical overview of Tillich's German roots and discusses his interactions with key figures such as Manheim, Horkheimer, Adorno, and Heidegger, and his move to the US, where he influenced Rollo May and the development of existentialist psychology. The core of the present study explores Tillich's work “The Courage to Be” and juxtaposes it with May's works “The Meaning of Anxiety” and “The Courage to Create”, suggesting a collective reading. This part also highlights Tillich's influence on figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. The conclusion outlines possible avenues of research in existential psychology, gerontology, and the interplay between theology and psychology.
date: 2024
date_type: published
publication: KALEIDOSCOPE: MŰVELŐDÉS- TUDOMÁNY- ÉS ORVOSTÖRTÉNETI FOLYÓIRAT
volume: 14
number: 28
pagerange: 219-244
id_number: MTMT:34945017 10.17107/KH.2024.28.13
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2062-2597
official_url: https://doi.org/10.17107/KH.2024.28.13
fp7_project: no
fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
citation:   Fontanini, Walter  (2024) Paul Tillich and the Genesis of Existential Psychology.  KALEIDOSCOPE: MŰVELŐDÉS- TUDOMÁNY- ÉS ORVOSTÖRTÉNETI FOLYÓIRAT, 14 (28).  pp. 219-244.  ISSN 2062-2597     
document_url: https://real.mtak.hu/223286/1/cikkek_12-3_fintanini_kaleidoscope_2024_28.pdf