Christ in All Things: Exploring Spirituality With Teilhard de Chardin

by Ursula King

Based on the prestigious Bampton Lectures given annually at Oxford University, Christ in All Things offers a concise introduction to the spiritual vision of the mystic and scientist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and a fascinating survey of contemporary themes in spirituality through a "Teilhardian" lens.

181 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1997

Reviews

[Ian · Rating 2 out of 5]

There's a lot of great information in here but the book is simply unreadable. Imagine a super-smart British professor of religion who spends years studying a specific topic giving a series of lectures on that topic to other super-smart British professors of religion; everyone involved has appropriate doctorates and years of experience so the lectures are not dumbed-down. Now imagine those lectures are transcribed and printed verbatim in a book. That's this book. For a tax attorney who's lived his whole life in California and had only a couple of religion classes in college more than 15 years ago, the transcribed lectures are unreadable. To call the book "boring" would be to make it sound way more exciting than it actually is. I'm really bummed about this because I'm fascinated by Teihard de Chardin and want to learn more about his life and his philosophy. I got about a third of the way through this book, reading some sections twice, thrice, even four times to understand what this chick is trying to say. And each time I'm forcing myself to concentrate because it's boring as shit. So I got something out of the book but not very much--certainly not what I'd hoped--and it took me forever to do it. I think I'm going to have to find a better book.

[Ephrem Arcement · Rating 5 out of 5]

Put spirituality and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin together, and you have a book that is almost certainly headed in the right direction. Put Ursula King and the helm, and you can trust that your time will be well-spent and a fruitful journey will ensue. This updated edition incorporates more recent reflections on spirituality and ecology with particular comments on Pope Francis' Laudato Si. Integral ecology is framed within the larger horizon of integral spirituality in this thoughtful exploration of spirituality in the 21st century.