30 May 2018, The Tablet

Should Pope Francis waive the official warning against Teilhard de Chardin?


Why the silencing of Teilhard during his lifetime added to his allure as a theological maverick

Should Pope Francis waive the official warning against Teilhard de Chardin?

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

 

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was doubly present at the royal wedding last month. Everyone remembers Michael Curry, the first African-American Primate of the Episcopal Church, citing Teilhard’s use of the image of physical fire preserving biological life as an analogy in his stirring address for the fire of love sustaining spiritual life. And the night before, Meghan Markle and her mother had stayed at Cliveden, the former home of Bronwen Astor, who spent the last 50 years of her life promoting Teilhard’s spiritual vision.

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