Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: The Contingence of the Universe and Man’s Zest for Survival: How can One Rethink the Christian Notion of Creation to Conform with the Laws of Energetics?

The traditional Catholic doctrine of creation’s radical contingence—however philosophically defensible—is existentially corrosive in an evolutionary age. Teilhard wants to replace it with a vision where the world genuinely matters to God, where human effort is cosmically significant, and where faith functions as the vital fuel that drives humanity’s ongoing development.