The Phenomenon of ManVisionary theologian and evolutionary theorist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin applied his whole life, his tremendous intellect, and his great spiritual faith to building a philosophy that would reconcile religion with the scientific theory of evolution. In this timeless book, which contains the quintessence of his thought, Teilhard argues that just as living organisms sprung from inorganic matter and evolved into ever more complex thinking beings, humans are evolving toward an "omega point"—defined by Teilhard as a convergence with the Divine. |
Contents
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THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER | 46 |
The Within of Things 5354585859 | 53 |
SPIRITUAL ENERGY | 62 |
The Earth in its Early Stages | 67 |
The Advent of Life | 77 |
THE TREE OF LIFE | 122 |
Demeter | 141 |
The Birth of Thought | 163 |
The Deployment of the Noosphere | 191 |
The Modern Earth | 213 |
The Collective Issue | 237 |
the HyperPersonal | 254 |
The Ultimate Earth | 273 |
THE INITIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF LIFE | 90 |
THE SEASON OF LIFE | 96 |
The Expansion of Life | 103 |
THE WAYS OF LIFE | 109 |
B The Flourishing of Maturity | 116 |
The Christian Phenomenon | 291 |
The Essence of the Phenomenon of Man | 300 |
Some Remarks on the Place amd Part of Evil in a World | 311 |
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