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Christianity and Evolution
Reflections on Science and Religion
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About this book
The author of
The Phenomenon of Man reconciles passionate faith with the rigor of scientific thinking.
With his unique background as a geologist, paleontologist, and Jesuit priest, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a powerful exponent of the view that scientific theories could comfortably coexist with religious faith. To this day, his ideas provoke passionate debates in communities that view science and faith as necessarily separate ideologies.
In this collection of nineteen essays, Teilhard seeks to illuminate a middle ground between science and religion that he felt both disciplines could accept. He explores the Fall and original sin, the possibility of life on other planets, and the role that God may have played in the process of human evolution, successfully challenging contemporary theologians to rethink their views of the universe and its creation.
"Like other great visionary poets—Blake, Hopkins, Yeats—Teilhard engages the reader both intellectually and sensually." — The Washington Post Book World
"An excellent blend of theological speculation with practical or ascetical application." — Catholic Telegraph
With his unique background as a geologist, paleontologist, and Jesuit priest, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a powerful exponent of the view that scientific theories could comfortably coexist with religious faith. To this day, his ideas provoke passionate debates in communities that view science and faith as necessarily separate ideologies.
In this collection of nineteen essays, Teilhard seeks to illuminate a middle ground between science and religion that he felt both disciplines could accept. He explores the Fall and original sin, the possibility of life on other planets, and the role that God may have played in the process of human evolution, successfully challenging contemporary theologians to rethink their views of the universe and its creation.
"Like other great visionary poets—Blake, Hopkins, Yeats—Teilhard engages the reader both intellectually and sensually." — The Washington Post Book World
"An excellent blend of theological speculation with practical or ascetical application." — Catholic Telegraph
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Topic
Theology & ReligionSubtopic
Christian DenominationsTable of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- NOTE ON THE PHYSICAL UNION BETWEEN THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST AND THE FAITHFUL IN THE COURSE OF THEIR SANCTIFICATION
- ON THE NOTION OF CREATIVE TRANSFORMATION
- NOTE ON THE MODES OF DIVINE ACTION IN THE UNIVERSE
- FALL, REDEMPTION, AND GEOCENTRISM
- NOTE ON SOME POSSIBLE HISTORICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ORIGINAL SIN
- PANTHEISM AND CHRISTIANITY
- CHRISTOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
- HOW I BELIEVE
- SOME GENERAL VIEWS ON THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY
- CHRIST THE EVOLVER, OR A LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF REDEMPTION
- INTRODUCTION TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
- CHRISTIANITY AND EVOLUTION: SUGGESTIONS FOR A NEW THEOLOGY
- REFLECTIONS ON ORIGINAL SIN
- THE CHRISTIAN PHENOMENON
- MONOGENISM AND MONOPHYLETISM: AN ESSENTIAL DISTINCTION
- WHAT THE WORLD IS LOOKING FOR FROM THE CHURCH OF GOD AT THIS MOMENT
- THE CONTINGENCE OF THE UNIVERSE AND MAN’S ZEST FOR SURVIVAL
- A SEQUEL TO THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN ORIGINS: THE PLURALITY OF INHABITED WORLDS
- THE GOD OF EVOLUTION
- MY LITANY
- Index
- About the Author
- Footnotes