Pierre Teilhard Research Paper

Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent Van Gogh, Galileo Galilei, and other breaking-the-social-norms thinkers were not recognized during their time on earth. A French man by the name of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was ridiculed for the majority of his adult life for his stance that evolution and religion can coexist with one another. Going over Teilhard’s basic beliefs, his view on Genesis, and how the world reacted with his ideas can provide a deeper understanding on his life and on the overall subject. The thought of God playing a key role in evolution was an extremely radical idea in the early twentieth century. Teilhard was often ridiculed for his ideas, but nonetheless he kept voicing out his theology to those that would listen. Brennan Hill states, “For Teilhard the driving energy within the process of …show more content…
God being love was not a new idea to Christians, but saying evolution was God, therefor love, was entirely new. Even decades later, people still find difficulty balancing science and religion and whether there can be overlap between the two. Some would say that Teilhard was a theist, but also argue that he had animist tendencies because he believed God was in evolution. Teilhard however, did not and “presented a dynamic God who is within the universe—a God who is its source, its sustaining power and its ultimate goal” (Hill 151). The whole universe is evolution and since God is the universe that ultimately includes him in the theory. Some readers when learning about Teilhard may relate deeply to his messages. More often than not, combining evolution and religion into one giant, metaphorical melting pot where the two begin to intertwine opens new doors to understanding life and the