Teilhard de Chardin

Past Events
Date / Time	Venue	Event and Speakers
Thursday - Sunday, November 18-21, 2010	Santa Clara University	Pierre Teilhard de Chardin for A New Generation Conference Speakers: Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker Dr. Illia Deleo, OSF Brother Jeffrey Gros, FSC Dr. David Grumett Dr. Brian Swimme Dr. John Grim http://www.teilhardforanewgeneration.com/
Saturday, April 17, 2010	Union Theological Seminary	American Teilhard Association Annual Meeting A Panel of Teilhardians, including Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, and Kusumita Pedersen Title: "The Contributions of Four Teilhardians: Thomas Berry, Ewert Cousins, Fanny de Bary, and Thomas King"
Saturday, April 4, 2009	Union Theological Seminary	American Teilhard Association Annual Meeting Speaker: Thomas M. King, SJ Title: "Teilhard: The Anthropic Principle and Intelligent Design"
Saturday, April 12, 2008	Union Theological Seminary	American Teilhard Association Annual Meeting Speaker: Miriam MacGillis, of Genesis Farm Ecological Learning Center Title: "Genesis Farm and Its Journey into Deep Time"
February 28 - March 2, 2008	Yale Divinity School	Renewing Hope Conference Two events open to the general public: • Thursday, February 28, 6:30 p.m.: Evening lecture by Sallie McFague: “A New Climate for Theology: God, the World, and Global Warming” • Friday, February 29, 7:00 p.m.: Screening of the new documentary by Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller, Renewal: Inspiring Stories from America’s Religious Environmental Movement

Teilhard 2005
Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary
of Teilhard's Death in NYC Easter 1955

In April of 2005 the American Teilhard Association, in collaboration with the French and British Teilhard Associations and other partnering institutions, begins a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) in New York City. One of the leading thinkers of the 20th century, Teilhard integrated his scientific understanding of evolution with his religious understanding of the "divine milieu." His vision of the human as part of a dynamic unfolding universe is expressed in his classic text, The Human Phenomenon. As an accomplished scientist and as a person of deep religious conviction, Teilhard was himself a pioneer in bridging religion and science. He was as well a visionary capable of imagining a viable and vibrant human future.

In advance of his time and in the midst of great turmoil Teilhard perceived an emerging global consciousness. This was consistent with his understanding of evolution that would unify the human spirit despite the disruptions of war and conflict evident in the first half of the 20th century. Though exiled from his native homeland and refused permission to publish The Human Phenomenon during his lifetime, Teilhard did not lose his humility or his zest for life. Teilhard's life and thought provide a remarkable reflection on endurance that arises from meaningful work, a productive life, and an ever-deepening spiritual vision of reality. In addition to his multi-volume scientific work on paleontology completed during his lifetime, Teilhard's religious writings were eventually published after his death in 1955. With his idea of human consciousness encircling the planet as the noosphere, Teilhard is also credited with anticipating the complex technological connection of human thought now evident in global communications and in the worldwide Internet. Moreover, his thinking regarding the unity of the human has influenced several key founders of the United Nations.