a founding proponent of existential therapy, was most influenced by German philosopher Paul Tillich, who was also (and principally) a Protestant theologian.
Tillich's masterwork Systematic Theology explores the content and psychology of spirituality by way of a rational (i.e., semantically consistent, logical) method that he terms correlation. Although Tillich acknowledges that faith and theology are not strictly rational and therefore cannot be "solved," he adds that theology must aim for clarity, relevancy, and consistency in any discussion of faith (Tillich, 1951, p. 58). These concerns echo attributes of existential therapy, which is meant to address--even if it cannot fix once and for all--the "isolation, alienation, and meaninglessness" (Corey, 2000, p. 170) that are funda
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