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23 june 2009 washington , dc pittsburgh , pennsylvania american '' '' teilhard 's mass '' jung 's four and some philosophers '' , 9 may 1929 fr king cropped 3.jpg thomas m. king
 thomas mulvihill king theologian , priest , jesuit
thomas m. king

thomas mulvihill king , s.j. -lrb- born may 9 , 1929 in pittsburgh , pennsylvania , died june 23 , 2009 in washington , d.c. -rrb- was a professor of theology at georgetown university .
king entered the society of jesus in 1951 after completing undergraduate studies in english at the university of pittsburgh .
as a jesuit , he undertook further studies at fordham university and woodstock college and was ordained a roman catholic priest in 1964 .
after completing a doctorate in theology at the university of strasbourg in 1968 , king began teaching at georgetown .
a member of the american teilhard association , he has written or edited several books on pierre teilhard de chardin , including `` teilhard 's mysticism of knowing '' -lrb- 1981 -rrb- , `` teilhard and the unity of knowledge '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- `` teilhard de chardin '' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , `` the letters of teilhard de chardin and lucile swan '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- and `` teilhard 's mass '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- .
his other works include `` sartre and the sacred '' -lrb- 1974 -rrb- , `` enchantments : religion and the power of the word '' -lrb- 1989 -rrb- , `` merton : mystic at the center of america '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- and `` jung 's four and some philosophers '' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- .
he also wrote the introduction for a new 2004 translation by sion cowell of teilhard 's `` the divine milieu . ''
