The Tillichian spell: memories of a student mesmerized in the 1950s

Stories tended to gather around the figure of Paul Tillich when he was teaching at Union Seminary in New York during the 1950s and in subsequent encounters. Tillich was a spellbinding teacher, influential as an apologetic theologian who propounded a version of 'crisis theology.' Many of the stories involve his heavily German-accented English. Tillich's views on art and his appreciation of sunsets are also discussed.