Deaconics

Author: (French) Teilhard de Chardin, selected and edited by Wang Haiyan
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Teilhard de Chardin answers these questions with his own philosophical system. His system, in the form of academic theory, reflects the social contradictions that troubled the West in the 20th century and also reflects an intellectual direction aimed at overcoming these contradictions. Therefore, it is an object worthy of our serious study and analysis. As a scientist with religious faith, Teilhard de Chardin sought to imbue scientific research activities with spiritual values consistent with his faith. This effort had both positive and negative aspects, and must be objectively analyzed from the standpoint of Marxist theory. We oppose the separation of science and the human spirit, as well as the reduction of science to merely one aspect of religious realms. We firmly believe that science is a crucial part of humanity's great efforts toward self-liberation, but we also believe that human liberation includes humanity's liberation from religion. We hope the readers of this collection fully take note of the editor's fundamental perspective.
This collection selects 30 essays or excerpts from over 240 works from the 13-volume Collected Works of Teilhard de Chardin, organized into six parts:
1. The Inner World
2. Cosmology and the View of Human History
3. On Science and Technology
4. On Love
5. On Christianity and Other Religions
6. Spiritual Life
The major titles of each part are added by the editor, and the selected texts are arranged in chronological order of writing.