Teilhard de Chardin's the Phenomenon of Man Explained.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savary, Louis M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. Phénomène humain.

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre.

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. Milieu divin.

Cosmology.

Evolution.

Philosophical anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah : Paulist Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This book establishes the connection between the evolutionary scientific ideas of The Human Phenomenon and the Christian spirituality and theology of The Divine Milieu"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Overview

Pre-Notes

Teilhard's Preface (29-30, 1-2)

Teilhard's Foreword, "Seeing" (31-36, 3-7)

Book One: Before Life Came

Chapter 1. The Stuff of the Universe (39-71, 11-38)

1. Elemental Matter (40-43, 12-14)

2. Total Matter (43-46, 14-16)

3. The Evolution of Matter (46-52, 16-21)

Chapter 2. The Within of Things (53-66, 22-32)

1. Existence of the Within (54-58, 23-25)

2. The Qualitative Laws of Growth (58-60, 25-28)

3. Spiritual Energy (63-66, 28-32)

Chapter 3. The Earth in Its Early Stages (67-74, 33-38)

1. The Without (68-71, 33-36)

2. The Within (of Nonliving Things) (71-74, 36-38)

Book Two: Life

Chapter 1. The Advent of Life (77-102, 41-60)

1. The Transit to Life (79-90, 42-45)

2. The Initial Manifestations of Life (90-96, 51-56)

3. The Season of Life (96-102, 56-60)

Chapter 2. The Expansion of Life (103-40, 61-90)

1. The Elemental Movements of Life (104-12, 62-65)

2. The Ramifications of the Living Mass (112-22, 68-75)

3. The Tree of Life (122-40, 76-90)

Chapter 3. Demeter (141-60, 91-106)

1. Ariadne's Thread (142-46, 92-95)

2. The Rise of Consciousness (147-52, 95-99)

3. The Approach of Time (152-60, 100-106)ß

Book Three: Thought

Chapter 1. The Birth of Thought (163-234, 109-63)

1. The Threshold of Reflection (164-83, 110-29)

2. The Original (Human) Forms (184-90, 125-29)

Chapter 2. The Deployment of the Noosphere (191-212, 130-47)

1. The Ramifying Phase of the Prehominids (191-97, 130-35)

2. The Group of the Neanderthals (197-99, 135-37)

3. The Homo Sapiens Complex (200-203, 137-40)

4. The Neolithic Metamorphosis (203-6, 140-42)

5. The Prolongation of the Neolithic Age and the Rise of the West (206-12, 142-47).

Chapter 3. The Modern Earth (213-34, 148-63)

1. The Discovery of Evolution (216-26, 150-58)

2. The Problem of Action (226-34, 158-63)

Book Four: Survival

Chapter 1. The Collective Issue (237-53, 167-73)

1. The Confluence of Thought (239-45, 168-79)

2. The Spirit of the Earth (245-53, 173-79)

Chapter 2. Beyond the Collective: The Hyperpersonal (254-72, 180-94)

Preliminary Observation: Discouragement (254-57, 180-82)

1. The Convergence of the Person and the Omega Point (257-64, 183-88)

2. Love as Energy (264-68, 188-91)

3. The Attributes of Omega (268-72, 191-94)

Chapter 3. The Ultimate Earth (273-90, 195-208)

1. Prognostics to Be Set Aside (274-76, 196-97)

2. The Approaches (276-85, 197-204)

3. The Ultimate (285-90, 204-8)

Epilogue. The Christian Phenomenon (291-99, 209-15)

1. Axes of Belief (292-94, 210-11)

2. Existence Value (294-96, 212-13)

3. Power of Growth (296-99, 213-15)

Postscript (300-310, 216-23)

Appendix9

Notes

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781587688409

1587688409

OCLC:

1272992612