Teilhard de Chardin, The divine milieu explained: a spirituality for the 21st century
The divinization of our activities -- The undoubted existence of the fact and the difficulty of explaining it : the Christian problem of the sanctification of action -- An incomplete solution : human action has no value other than the intention which directs it -- The final solution : all endeavor c...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York [u.a.]
Paulist Press
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
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Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre 1881-1955, Le milieu divin
/ Cosmology
/ Creation theology
/ Spiritual life
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Christianity
Philosophy
B Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre |
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| Summary: | The divinization of our activities -- The undoubted existence of the fact and the difficulty of explaining it : the Christian problem of the sanctification of action -- An incomplete solution : human action has no value other than the intention which directs it -- The final solution : all endeavor cooperates to complete the world "in Christo Jesu" -- At the heart of our universe, each soul exists for God, in our Lord -- But all reality, even material reality, around each one of us exists for our souls -- Hence, all sensible reality around each one of us exists, through our souls, for God in our Lord -- Communion through action -- The Christian perfection of human endeavor -- The sanctification of human endeavor -- The humanization of christian endeavor -- Detachment through action -- The divinization of our passivities -- The extent, depth, and diverse forms of human passivities -- The passivities of growth and the two hands of God -- The passivities of diminishment -- Our struggle with god against evil -- Our apparent failure and its transfiguration -- Communion through diminishment -- True resignation -- Some general remarks on Christian asceticism -- Attachment and detachment -- First, develop yourself, Christianity says to the Christian and if you possess something, Christ says in the Gospel, leave it and follow me -- Thus, in the general rhythm of Christian life, development and renunciation, attachment and detachment are not mutually exclusive -- The meaning of the Cross -- The spiritual power of matter -- The divine milieu -- The attributes of the divine milieu -- The nature of the divine milieu, the universal Christ, and the Great Communion -- The growth of the divine milieu -- The coming of the divine milieu : the taste for being and the diaphany of God -- Individual progress in the divine milieu : purity, faith, and fidelity, the operatives -- The collective progress of the divine milieu : the communion of saints and charity |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XX, 266 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8091-4484-6 |
