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Globalization and the Soul—According to Teilhard, Friedman, and Others
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Globalization and the Soul—According to Teilhard, Friedman, and Others
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Globalization and the Soul—According to Teilhard, Friedman, and Others

Abstract

Thomas L. Friedman's recent book on globalization, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, sees a religious value in globalization: “globalization emerges from below … from people's very souls and from their deepest aspirations” (1999, 338). Pierre Teilhard de Chardin made similar claims in 1920, calling globalization the “deep‐rooted religious movement of our age” (Teilhard 1979, 211). He came to this awareness through his experience in World War I. There he began connecting globalization to its roots in evolution and to the mystics’ desire for the “All,” a desire he saw animating the work of believing and unbelieving scientists. He found confirmation of his ideas in the letters of Saint Paul, who told of God eventually filling all things. Teilhard used the vocabulary of mysticism to describe global developments in technology, industry, politics, and the environment, and the ardor of his texts has led to their being widely used for secular gatherings on global subjects.

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Ignatius of Loyola, Al Gore, Michel Camdessus, Marshall McLuhan, mystics, Kenneth Boulding, Saint Paul, Thomas L. Friedman, globalization, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, World War I, United Nations, contemplation

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King, S.J., T., (2002) “Globalization and the Soul—According to Teilhard, Friedman, and Others”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 37(1), 25–33. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9744.00407

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Thomas M. King, S.J. (Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science)

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  • Volume 37 • Issue 1 • March 2002

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Pages 25–33
Published on 2002-03-02

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9744.00407

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