This article shows how Teilhard de Chardin’s mystical materialism influences ecology, suggesting a cohesive worldview.
Teilhard de Chardin, a Jesuit priest-scientist, played a significant role in important evolutionary discoveries related to human origins. This article argues that his theology, rooted in the concept of evolution, can be seen as a mythical materialism because it strongly emphasizes the spiritual value of materiality. His mystical materialism enables us to view the world as an integral whole. This has inspired Pope Francis’s theology of integral ecology.
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