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This 4 page paper examines the thinking of Teilhard and how he justified placing God/Christ within the boundaries of evolutionary science. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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"was present at the discovery of Peking Man ... and popularized such ideas as the Omega Point and the Noosphere" (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 2005). This paper examines his
thinking and how he justified placing God/Christ within the boundaries of evolutionary science rather than faith. Discussion Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is unusual because he blended his religious vocation
with scientific research (Henderson). He "made it his personal mission to reconstruct the most basic Christian doctrines from the perspectives of science and ... to reconstruct science from the
perspectives of faith" (Henderson). Most people would probably assume that faith and science are completely incompatible, but Teilhard found a way to break down the barriers between the two
disciplines; he would use his "personal experience of God" to remake Catholic dogma and modern science as well (Henderson). In 1927, Teilhard wrote a book that suggests his theme:
"the whole material world as the setting for a profound, mystical vision of God. It is in the world itself, as it is seen through the eyes of science,
that the workings of God are most apparent" (Henderson). In other words, Teilhard was proposing that it was the material world, with its messy theories such as evolution and
the Big Bang, that was the "source of mystical illumination" (Henderson). This completely undermines the Church dogma that God is completely mystical and cannot be known, only worshipped; instead
it suggests God is part of the material world, and that world is susceptible to scientific inquiry. "In a real sense, it shall be science which shows theology how
to see" (Henderson). Teilhard and his teachings were extremely worrying to the Church, for obvious reasons: he was attempting to turn "theology downside up" (Henderson). He wanted
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