In the summer of 1966 five books by teilhard had been published in the united states and his name was widely mentioned in catholic circles. Perhaps it was my state of mind while working my way through this collection of works, or perhaps i am not ready for the material, but i found it a very challenging read. This last volume in pierre teilhards collected works contains two previously unavailable essays of key importance. Paris centurion, 1976 teilhard, in these letters to his closest confident, presents his unmasked face most clearly, infinitely human and attractive.
April 1955 in new york usa herausragender denker des 20. He shows how mans spiritual life can become a participation in the destiny of the universe. Further resistance to teilhards work arose elsewhere. The phenomenon of man harper torchbooks harper torchbooks. He examines reasons for unbelief and looks at how christianity can make itself relevant in the world today. His philosophy has kindled unusual provocation in the literary world. His deeply religious mother instilled in her son a devo.
This book is a collection of his essasy over nearly 40 years, attempting to reconcile the emerging scientific discoveries especially around evolution and cosmology with the traditions of christianity and the catholic church of which he was a part. The author of the phenomenon of man reconciles passionate faith with the rigor of scientific thinking. His visionary writings on the reconciliation of faith and evolutionary theory aroused the suspicions of the vatican and he was forbidden to publish on religious matters during his lifetime. Blending science and christianity, he declared that the human epic resembles nothing so. One could say that the whole of life lies in seeing if not ultimately, at least essentially. Essential writings by the renowned jesuit scientist plus an original introduction to his life and work.
Traveled to numerous countries, including china, as missionary. Teilhards father was an amateur naturalist who collected rocks, insects, fossils, and plants. In a couple of essays he looks at a new way to understand the human body, mankind, and life itself. Fortunately, many of his works available online and in downloadable e book format for free through the community books open source initiative. To be more is to be more united and this sums up and is the very conclusion of the work to follow. A jesuit theologian disguised as a paeontologist, pierre teilhard wrote since 1925 of the noosphere, the layer created by all conscious beings, the same concept used by vladimir vernadsky in 1926 although in a. Reflections on science and religion harvest book, hb 276 nov 18, 2002. The basic ideas of this approach to god are found in his book, the divine milieu. The divine milieu expands on the spiritual message so basic to his thought. The heart of matter, a spiritual autobiography written in 1950, toward the end of his life, and the christic, written a month before he died, a profession of faith that develops further the views set forth in the divine milieu. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. After his death, the publication of his many books marked him as. American teilhard association teilhardspublications. His books were not to be sold in catholic bookshops and were not to be translated into other languages.