An Explosion of Dazzling Flashes: Teilhard's Unity of Faith and Science

Abstract. Science and revelation have been presented as two books with the same “author,” their reconciliation being called “concordism.” Teilhard opposed concordism, insisting that supposed “revelations” be treated as scientific hypotheses to be verified or not in experience. Applying his criterion...

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Main Author: King, Thomas M. 1929- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1995
In: Zygon
Year: 1995, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-115
Further subjects:B Archimedes
B Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
B Galileo
B concordism
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Summary:Abstract. Science and revelation have been presented as two books with the same “author,” their reconciliation being called “concordism.” Teilhard opposed concordism, insisting that supposed “revelations” be treated as scientific hypotheses to be verified or not in experience. Applying his criterion for truth (Does it bring “coherence and fecundity” to the phenomena?) to Christian revelation, he told of finding “an explosion of dazzling flashes.” So Teilhard spoke of the hypothesis as the supreme spiritual act wherein the dust of experience takes on form and is kindled at the fire of knowledge.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1995.tb00054.x