Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) was a Jesuit theologian and scientist renowned for his pioneering field work in geology, palaeontology and human origins. Thi s is an award-winning introduction to his life and thought. '[...]
Introduces sixty men and women whose great devotion and mystical relation to God transformed the times in which they lived and continues to affect our search for spirituality today.[...]
"This may be the book to hook a new generation on the religious power of Teilhard's vision of divine presence in matter and the evolving universe." --Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ "From the viewpoint of our present understanding of the universe it could be said that Teilhard is the most significant Chri[...]