Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant., 10/23/1949-10/23/1949

File — Box: 1, Folder: 17

Identifier: GAMMS412.1.17

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Correspondence.

Dates

10/23/1949-10/23/1949

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Extent

From the Collection: 2 Linear Feet (2 boxes )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated October 23, 1949 from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant. This letter comes after two weeks of conferences for Theilhard de Chardin for UNESCO and another at the Sorbonne. He also discusses the nature of atheism and its relationship to the growing materialist spirit and the outdated view of spirituality. This phenomenon has given rise to a view of God that separates him from creation, uninvolved, a deist view of God.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE - CORRSP. TO CROISSANT, ADRIENNE (1949): Other Types

CROISSANT, ADRIENNE - CORRSP. FROM TEILHARD DE CHARDIN (1949): Other Types

D'OUINCE, P. - REFERENCE BY TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE (1949): Other Types

ATHEISM - REFERENCE BY TEILARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE (1949): Other Types