Building the Earth

Name: Building the Earth
ISBN: 9780871933201

3/5

Première édition: 1969
Editeurs: HarperCollins Publishers
Sujets: Philosophical anthropology

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) was a French theologian, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist/geologist who took part in the discovery of Peking Man, and was later unjustly accused by Stephen Jay Gould of participating in the Piltdown Man fraud (see Gould's book [[ASIN:0393308197 The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History]], and see Charles Blinderman's book [[ASIN:0879753595 The Piltdown Inquest]] for a refutation). Teilhard was forbidden to publish his writings during his lifetime, the 1950 encyclical 'Humani Generis' condemned several of his opinions, and in 1962, the Holy Office issued a 'Monitum' or warning that his books contained ambiguities' and 'serious errors,' that offended Catholic doctrine.

A beautiful book, so full of hope and optimism, it expresses some of Teilhard's ideas on the spiritual evolution of the universe and how greater consciousness and greater love will enable us to grow toward unity in the world.