Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
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A contribution
of great thought came from a priest who came to these shores in
1951 and died and was buried here in 1955. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin,
the Roman Catholic paleontologist taught us new ways in which religion
is related to science. He simultaneously expressed love of God and
the world. Both the multibillion-year-old history of Earth and the
evolving epic of the future of humanity led him to exclaim with
joy, "We are moving!"
Indeed, Dr. Teilhard's most important book, The Phenomenon of
Man, is at once a scientific and religious classic interpreting
the epic of the evolution of Power. This work is appreciatively
introduced by a notable scientific humanist, Sir Julian Huxley,
yet it has also been praised by some Roman Catholics as "the
most significant achievement in synthetic thinking since that of
Aquinas." What lofty tribute to a man who was forbidden by
his superiors to publish any more of his writings during his lifetime.
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