Primary and secondary Resources

Primary Resources

• Original documents, letters, art work, etc.

• Things written or created by someone whose work and/or ideas you are exploring.

• For example: Tillich, Paul. Systematic Theology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951. 

  • • • This seminal work might be one of your primary sources if you were researching his thought in relation to creation and nature.

Secondary Resources

• Books/articles written by someone who is commenting on your primary source or artifact.  

• Books/articles whose focus is in the same or similar subject area.

• For example: Haffner, Paul. Towards a Theology of the Environment. Leominster, England: Gracewing, 2008. 

  • • • While it may not touch on Tillich specifically, this work may provide useful insights to further your conversation with Tillich's ideas.