Teilhard de Chardin and World Religions

Teilhard de Chardin had a broad vision of religion and evolution. Religion was less a human phenomenon for Teilhard than a cosmological one, serving a vital role in evolution by orienting cosmic life toward ultimate fulfillment. In this respect, he felt that world religions are still too tribal and...

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Main Author: Delio, Ilia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2019
In: Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 3, Pages: 306-327
IxTheo Classification:BG World religions
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBF Christology
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, 1881-1955
B Teilhard de Chardin
B World Religions
B Consciousness
B Omega Point
B Cosmology
B Religious Evolution
B Christianity
B Religions
B Complexity
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Summary:Teilhard de Chardin had a broad vision of religion and evolution. Religion was less a human phenomenon for Teilhard than a cosmological one, serving a vital role in evolution by orienting cosmic life toward ultimate fulfillment. In this respect, he felt that world religions are still too tribal and separate to satisfy adequately the spiritual needs of the earth. Hence, a new convergence of world religions is needed for a renewed spirit of the earth. This essay examines Teilhard's insights on the convergence of world religions and his notion that Christianity is a religion of evolution, normative of evolution, and thus the form of a new religion of the earth.
ISSN:2162-3937
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2019.0028