Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Nineteen essays concerned with the relationship of science and religion. As a believing scientist, Teilhard wrestled with the problem of presenting to the believer a scientific picture that would enlarge his religious vision and to the scientist a statement of religious ideas that would integrate with his understanding of reality.
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With the correspondence between Teilhard de Chardin and his cousin Marguerite, Teilhard's ideas, personality, and reaction to the first world war are revealed. His four years of service as a stretcher-bearer on the front lines chronicle the emergence of the humanitarian vision which began his philosophical life.
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The Future of Man is an introduction to the thoughts and writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, one of the few figures in the history of the Catholic Church to achieve renown as both a scientist and a theologian. Trained as a paleontologist and ordained as a Jesuit priest, Teilhard de Chardin devoted himself to establishing the intimate, interdependent connection between science--particularly the theory of evolution--and the basic tenets of the Christian...