Despite being shunned by the very gatekeepers of Faith and Reason that he was trying to unite, Teilhard captured the imagination of generations of writers and artists. Science fiction writer and accidental mystic Philip K. Dick references him, as do Annie Dillard, Arthur C. Clarke, Flannery O’Connor, and Don DeLillo. Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí created his giant masterpiece The Ecumenical Council inspired by Teilhard’s redemptive vision for the end of history.
