New York City
United States
New York City, in the United States. In the 20th century its theological institutions—notably Union Theological Seminary—hosted figures such as Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr and visitors including Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Orthodox theologian Georges Florovsky.
Teachers who lived here
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)
early pastorate 1722–1723
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943)
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943)
Franz Boas
Franz Boas (1858–1942)
Sokei-an (Shigetsu Sasaki)
Sokei-an (Shigetsu Sasaki) (1882–1945)
Paul Tillich
Paul Tillich (1886–1965)
Union Seminary professor 1933–1955
Richard Courant
Richard Courant (1888–1972)
B. R. Ambedkar
B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956)
Georges Florovsky
Georges Florovsky (1893–1979)
dean, professor 1949–1955
J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)
postdoctoral study 1930–1931
Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper (1906–1992)
Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper (1906–1992)
Chien-Shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997)
Alan Watts
Alan Watts (1915–1973)
Immigrant writer; informal Zen study 1938–1941
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
conversion & early writing 1935–1941
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg (1933–2021)
Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön (1936–?)
Robert Thurman
Robert Thurman (1941–?)
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944–?)
Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg (1952–?)
Works composed here
- 1951
Systematic Theology
by Paul Tillich
- 1952
The Courage to Be
by Paul Tillich
- 1972
Bible, Church, Tradition: An Eastern Orthodox View
- 1993
The Zen Eye: A Collection of Zen Talks
- 1998
Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness
- 2004
Infinite Life: Seven Virtues for Living Well