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Teilhard and the future of humanity / edited by Thierry Meynard.

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LIBRA B2430.T374 T36 2006
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Language:
English
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Physical Description:
xi, 185 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Fordham University Press, 2006.
Summary:
Fifty years after his death, the thought of the French scientist and Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881?1955) continues to inspire new ways of understanding humanity's future. Trained as a paleontologist and philosopher, Teilhard was an innovative synthesizer of science and religion, developing an idea of evolution as an unfolding of material and mental worlds into an integrated, holistic universe at what he called the Omega Point. His books, such as the bestselling The Phenomenon of Man, have influenced generations of ecologists, environmentalists, planners, and others concerned with the fate of the earth. This book brings together original essays by leading experts who reflect on Teilhard's legacy for today's globalized world. They explore such topics as: the idea of God and the person; quantum reality and Teilhard's vision; spiritual resources for the future; politics and economics; and a charter for co-evolution.
Contents:
  • Teilhard and Human Spirit
  • 1 Feeding the Zest for Life: Spiritual Energy Resources for the Future of Humanity / Ursula King 3
  • 2 God and the Human Future / Thomas M. King, S.J. 20
  • 3 The Personalization of the Universe; or, The Era of the Person / Henri Madelin, S.J. 29
  • Teilhard and Ecology
  • 4 Zest for Life: Teilhard's Cosmological Vision / Mary Evelyn Tucker 43
  • 5 Teilhard's Vision and the Earth Charter / Steven C. Rockefeller 56
  • Teilhard and Economic Globalization
  • 6 Teilhard, Globalization, and the Future of Humanity / Michel Camdessus 71
  • 7 Teilhard and Globalization / Jean Boissonnat 89
  • Teilhard and Science
  • 8 The Emergence of Consciousness in Biological Evolution and Quantum Reality / Lothar Schafer 109
  • 9 The Role of Science in Contemporary China and according to Teilhard / Thierry Meynard, S.J. 135.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.
ISBN:
0823226905
OCLC:
70251160
Publisher Number:
9780823226900

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