AN EXPLOSION OF DAZZLING FLASHES: TEILHARD'S UNITY OF FAITH AND SCIENCE

Thomas M. King; Thomas M. King

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9744.1995.tb00054.x

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AN EXPLOSION OF DAZZLING FLASHES: TEILHARD'S UNITY OF FAITH AND SCIENCE

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Abstract. Science and revelation have been presented as two books with the same “author,” their reconciliation being called “concordism.” Teilhard opposed concordism, insisting that supposed “revelations” be treated as scientific hypotheses to be verified or not in experience. Applying his criterion for truth (Does it bring “coherence and fecundity” to the phenomena?) to Christian revelation, he told of finding “an explosion of dazzling flashes.” So Teilhard spoke of the hypothesis as the supreme spiritual act wherein the dust of experience takes on form and is kindled at the fire of knowledge.

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Archimedes, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Galileo, concordism

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King, T., (1995) “AN EXPLOSION OF DAZZLING FLASHES: TEILHARD'S UNITY OF FAITH AND SCIENCE”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 30(1), 105–115. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1995.tb00054.x

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deTerra, Helmut. 1964. Memories of Teilhard de Chardin, trans. by J. Maxwell Brownjohn. London : Collins.

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Lewis, C. S.1964. The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature. Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press.

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Volume 30 • Issue 1 • March 1995

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Pages	105–115
Published on	1995-03-02

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