Future of Man

Name: Future of Man
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ISBN: 9780385510721

ISBN-10: 0385510721

ISBN-13: 9780385510721

Edition: 2004

Authors: Teilhard de Chardin

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is a magnificent 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 faith. At the center of his philosophy was the belief that the human species is evolving spiritually, progressing from a simple faith to higher and higher forms of consciousness, including a consciousness of God, and culminating in the ultimate…

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List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/20/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.35" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

TEILHARD de CHARDIN (1881-1955) was a philosopher, paleontologist, and Jesuit priest. Born in France, educated in Jesuit schools, and ordained in 1911, he journeyed to various parts of the world on geological and paleontological expeditions and published several works on science. His renowned works,The Phenomenon of ManandThe Divine Milieu, were published shortly after his death and today are regarded as classics of Catholic theology.



Translator's note



A note on progress



Social heredity and progress



The grand option



Some reflections on progress



The new spirit



Life and the planets



A great event foreshadowed : the planetization of mankind



Some reflections on the spiritual repercussions of the atom bomb



Faith in peace



The formation of the noosphere



Faith in man



Some reflections on the rights of man



The human rebound of evolution and its consequences



Turmoil or genesis?



The directions and conditions of the future



The essence of the democratic idea



Does mankind move biologically upon itself?



The heart of the problem



On the probable existence ahead of us of an "ultra-human"



How may we conceive and hope that human unanimization will be realized on earth?



From the pre-human to the ultra-human : the phases of a living planet



The end of the species


Conclusion


Index