Abstract
Combining Christianity with an evolutionary worldview was hardly acceptable in the time of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), which is why this French naturalist, philosopher, Jesuit priest and adventurer spent most of his life in exile. In his work, however, he developed a Christian theory of evolution that sees the universe as a thrilling adventure of self-ordering on the way to union with God.
For the purpose of creation is "creation," and God's freedom lies in allowing freedom and creativity to all beings, from molecules to organisms to the ultimate responsibility for the shape of the world in the case of man. But it is to man that God offers the greatest help in coping with the effort and suffering that evolution brings when it comes into the world in the form of Christ.
The author shows the logical unity of Teilhard's work, expounds in detail all the main concepts of his theory, and uses his work as a whole, including his unpublished letters, which is unique even in the international context of Teilhardian studies. The work is structured according to the main concepts and laws of Teilhard's theory, so that the text can also serve as an atypical interpretive dictionary.