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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
‘The whole future of the Earth, as of religion, seems to me to depend on the awakening of our faith in the future.’
page 307 note 1 Motto of The Future of Man.
page 307 note 2 For the discussion of the term ‘religiousness’, cf. W. Cantwell Smith, The Meaning and End of Religion, 1964. The author argues for the abandonment of the term ‘religion’; yet this is a difficult, if not impossible task at present. The very title of the book may serve as illustration of this impossibility.
page 308 note 1 The two basic tendencies of Teilhard's mind have been admirably analysed as a ‘cosmic’ and ‘Christie sense’ by Mooney, Ch. F. in Teilhard de Chardin and the Mystery of Christ, 1966, Ch. I.Google Scholar
page 308 note 2 Zaehner, R. C., The Convergent Spirit, 1963, p. 16.Google Scholar
page 308 note 3 de Lubac, H. has given such an interpretation in La Pensée religieuse du Pére Teilhard de Chardin, 1962.Google Scholar
page 308 note 4 Some of the important essays relating to religion are found in volume 5 of the original French edition of Teilhard's works: L'Avenir de l' Homme, translated as The Future of Man (FM), London, 1964: ‘On the possible bases of a universal human creed’ (FM, p. 76); ‘Faith in Man’ (FM, p. 185); ‘The Heart of the Problem’ (FM, p. 260); Cf. also the following essays in volume 7 (L'Activation de l' Energie) and volume 9 (Science et Christ); ‘Pour y voir clair-Réflexions sur deux formes inverses d'Esprit’, vol. 7, p. 223; ‘Le goût de vivre’, vol. 7, p. 237; ‘Mon Univers’, vol. 9, p. 63; ‘Le Christianisme dans le Monde’, vol. 9, p. 129; ‘L'Incroyance moderne’, vol. 9, p. 147; ‘Réflexions sur la Conversion du Monde’, vol. 9, p. 155.
The quotations refer to the pages of the original French edition. References to the English translation are given for The Future of Man. As the English translations of volumes 7 and 9 were not available to me, quotations from these volumes are my own translations. The translations of volumes 7 and 9 have been published as Science and Christ, London 1868, and Activation of Energy, London 1970.Google Scholar
page 310 note 1 Vol. 9, p. 132.
page 310 note 2 Ibid.
page 310 note 3 Vol. 5, p. 240; FM, p. 189.
page 311 note 1 Vol. 5, p. 237; FM, pp. 186 f.
page 311 note 2 Vol. 9, p. 135.
page 311 note 3 Cf. the following essay which deals entirely with this subject: ‘Un Seuil mental sous nos pas: du Cosmos à la Cosmogénèse’, vol. 7, p. 259.
page 311 note 4 Vol. 5, p. 341; FM, pp. 261 f.
page 312 note 1 Vol. 5, pp. 339 and 348; FM, pp. 260 and 268.
page 312 note 2 Vol. 9, p. 160.
page 313 note 1 Vol. 7, p. 248.
page 313 note 2 Vol. 5, p. 346; FM, pp. 266 f.
page 313 note 3 Vol. 9, p. 147.
page 314 note 1 Vol. 7, p. 248.
page 314 note 2 Vol. 9, p. 159. The English translation of this paragraph is taken from Wildiers, N. M., An Introduction to T. de Chardin, 1967, p. 117.Google Scholar The same idea of a ‘schism between believers and non-believers in the Future of the World’ is expressed in Vol. 9, p. 144.
page 314 note 3 Vol. 9, p. 185.
page 314 note 4 Vol. 5, p. 121; FM, p. 92.
page 315 note 1 Vol. 5, p. 104; FM, pp. 78–9.
page 315 note 2 Vol. 9, p. 262.
page 315 note 3 Vol. 5, p. 342; FM, p. 263.
page 316 note 1 Vol. 5, p. 287; FM, p. 224.
page 316 note 2 Cf. the may of this title in vol. 5, p. 55; FM, p. 37.
page 316 note 3 Vol. 5, p. 238; FM, p. 188.
page 316 note 4 Ibid.
page 316 note 5 Vol. 5, p. 238; FM, pp. 187 f.
page 316 note 6 Vol. 5, p. 153; FM, p. 120.
page 317 note 1 Vol. 9, p. 240.
page 317 note 2 Vol. 9, p. 241.
page 317 note 3 Vol. 5, p. 121; FM, p. 92.
page 317 note 4 Vol. 9, p. 209.
page 318 note 1 Vol. 9, p. 82. A detailed analysis of the Christological interpretation of the point Omega can be found in Ch. F. Mooney, op. cit.
page 318 note 2 Vol. 5, pp. 105 f.; pp. 80 f.
page 318 note 3 Vol. 7, p. 246.
page 318 note 4 W. Cantwell Smith, op. cit., p. 127.
page 319 note 1 Vol. 7, p. 250.
page 319 note 2 Ibid.
page 319 note 3 Vol. 9, p. 166.
page 319 note 4 Vol. 9, p. 165.
page 320 note 1 Vol. 9, p. 164.
page 320 note 2 Such a detailed analysis requires the full publication of Teilhard's works. The planned vol. 11 of the French edition which should group together further religious writings, is of special importance here.
For an exhaustive assessment of Teilhard's attitude to Oriental religions, the following essays listed in the bibliography of Cuénot, C. (T. de Chardin, A biographical study, 1965)Google Scholar would also have to be taken into account: ‘La route de l'Ouest. Vers une mystique nouvelle’, 1932 (Cuénot, C., op. Cit., p. 429)Google Scholar; ‘L'apport spirituel de l'Extreme Orient’, 1947 and 1950 (Cuénot, C., op. cit., p. 441)Google Scholar; ‘Mystique orientale et mystique de l'ouest’, 1948 (Cuénot, C., op. cit., p. 474). All three essays are unpublished so far.Google Scholar
page 320 note 3 Vol. 9, p. 137.
page 320 note 4 Vol. 7, p. 55.
page 321 note 1 Vol. 5, pp. 155f.; FM, pp. 122f.
page 321 note 2 Vol. 7, p. 250.
page 321 note 3 Vol. 9, p. 253.
page 322 note 1 Vol. 9, p. 231.
page 322 note 2 Vol. 7, pp. 231 f.
page 322 note 3 Zaehner, R. C., op. cit., p. 16.Google Scholar
page 322 note 4 For this distinction cf. Hepburn's, R. W. article ‘Mysticism, Nature and Assessment of’ in The Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, vol. 5, p. 429.Google Scholar
page 323 note 1 Panikkar, R. ‘Quelques Présupposés à la Rencontre des Religions’, in manuscript form (p. 4).Google Scholar
page 323 note 2 Vol. 7, p. 406.