The divine milieu
Edition: [Rev. Harper torchbook ed.]
Publisher: Harper
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Christianity -- Philosophy.
Work titles: Milieu divin
Description: The Divine Milieu is a revolutionary book of Christian spirituality. So revolutionary, in fact, that his religious superiors refused to let him have it published. Though Teilhard, as everyone called him, finished writing it around the year 1929, it was never brought to light until after his death, in French in 1957 and in English translation in 1960. Even today, half a century later, few understand it and many are suspicious of it, because it appears to fly in the face of traditional Christian piety. But, while it is still utterly contemporary and revolutionary -- different from any other spiritual book you ever read -- it is Christian in its roots and to its core. It is joyful, hopeful, and full of enthusiasm, as any Christian spirituality should be. It expresses a love for nature, a delight in scientific discoveries, a rejoicing in human progress, and an underlying almost childlike trust in a benevolent universe evolving in the unconditional love of a benevolent and all-forgiving God. In fact, this book offers to us perhaps the only integrative spirituality that can truly satisfy our 21st Century experience. -- From http://www.teilhardforbeginners.com/divinemilieau.html (Nov. 9, 2012).
Notes: Translation of: Milieu divin.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The divinisation of our activities. The Christian problem of the sanctification of action; title: An incomplete solution: human action has no value other than the intention which directs it; title: The final solution: all endeavour co-operates to complete the world in Christo Jesu; title: Communion through action; title: The Christian perfection of human endeavour; title: Detachment through action; title: Pt. 2. The divinisation of our passivities. The extent, depth and diverse forms of human passivities; title: The passivities of growth and the two hands of God; title: The passivities of diminishment; title: Attachment and detachment; title: The meaning of the cross; title: The spiritual power of matter; title: Pt. 3. The divine Milieu. The attributes of the divine Milieu; title: The nature of the divine Milieu; title: The growth of the divine Milieu.