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Saturday,
April 17, 2010
- Lunch
12:00pm
- Lecture
1:30pm
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Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway at 121st Street
New York, New York
Cost:
Lunch and Lecture - $25
Lecture only - $10
To register, please send a check to:
American Teilhard Association
c/o Dr. John Grim
29 Spoke Drive
Woodbridge, CT 06525
For more information
regarding the Annual Meeting of the American Teilhard Association,
please contact:
Tara Maguire Knopick
tcmk@aya.yale.edu
Location:
Broadway at 121st Street. There will be signs directing all to the room for the Annual Meeting of the American
Teilhard Association
Transportation in NYC:
Subway: Number 1 Local Train, to 116th St. Station.
Bus: M4, M5, M60 and M104
Parking: 122nd between Broadway and Amsterdam, and on 120th between Riverside Dr. and Claremont Ave.
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American Teilhard Association
Annual Meeting
A Panel of Teilhardians will speak on
“The Contributions of Four Teilhardians: Thomas Berry, Ewert Cousins, Fanny de Bary, and Thomas King”
This past year the American Teilhard Association (ATA) lost four members who all made major contributions to our
understanding of the thought of Teilhard de Chardin as well as the work of this organization. Both Thomas Berry and
Ewert Cousins were former presidents of ATA and were also involved with the 1964 conference at Fordham
University on Teilhard’s thought that led to the founding of ATA in 1967. Ewert Cousins developed his thinking
about Teilhard in his anthology Process Theology (1971); Thomas Berry wrote on Teilhard in several works most notably
Teilhard Study #7 “Teilhard in the Ecological Age” (1982). Fanny de Bary provided inestimable leadership of ATA
through the 1970s, 80s and into the 90s, both in the organization of the Madison Ave offices and library and as
membership coordinator. Her reflections on aesthetics and Teilhard’s thought were palpably evident in her signal
flower arrangements at so many of these Annual Meetings. Thomas King, who gave last year’s Annual Meeting
lecture, organized many conferences on religion and science issues as well as the major international event “Teilhard
and the Unity of Knowledge” in 1981. He is well known for his seminal works on Teilhard’s thought and life
especially Teilhard’s Mysticism of Knowing and The Letters of Teilhard de Chardin and Lucille Swan.
Speakers will include Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, Kusumita Pedersen, and others who will give brief
presentations describing the contributions of these four Teilhardians. Following each presentation the forum will be
opened for brief reflections and memories related to these individuals. Our intentions are to remember these dear
friends, to mark the contributions of these four Teilhardians and to celebrate the shaping of lives by the universe story.
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| Past Events |
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Venue |
Event
and Speakers |
Saturday,
April 4, 2009 |
Union Theological Seminary |
American Teilhard Association
Annual Meeting
Speaker: Thomas M. King, SJ
Title: "Teilhard: The Anthropic Principle and Intelligent Design"
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Saturday,
April 12, 2008 |
Union Theological Seminary |
American Teilhard Association
Annual Meeting
Speaker: Miriam MacGillis, of Genesis Farm
Ecological Learning Center
Title: "Genesis Farm and Its Journey into Deep Time"
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February 28 - March 2, 2008 |
Yale Divinity School |
Renewing Hope Conference
There will be two events open to the general public:
• Thursday, February 28, 6:30 p.m.: Evening lecture by Sallie McFague: “A New Climate for Theology: God, the World, and Global Warming”
• Friday, February 29, 7:00 p.m.: Screening of
the new documentary by Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller, Renewal: Inspiring Stories from America’s Religious Environmental Movement
No pre-registration is necessary for these two events. |
Teilhard 2005
Commemoration
of the 50th Anniversary
of Teilhard's Death in NYC Easter 1955
In April of 2005 the American Teilhard
Association, in collaboration with the French and British Teilhard
Associations and other partnering institutions, begins a yearlong
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Pierre
Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) in New York City. One of the
leading thinkers of the 20th century, Teilhard integrated his
scientific understanding of evolution with his religious understanding
of the "divine milieu." His vision of the human as
part of a dynamic unfolding universe is expressed in his classic
text, The Human Phenomenon. As an accomplished scientist and
as a person of deep religious conviction, Teilhard was himself
a pioneer in bridging religion and science. He was as well a
visionary capable of imagining a viable and vibrant human future.
In advance of his time and in the midst of great turmoil Teilhard
perceived an emerging global consciousness. This was consistent
with his understanding of evolution that would unify the human
spirit despite the disruptions of war and conflict evident in
the first half of the 20th century. Though exiled from his native
homeland and refused permission to publish The Human Phenomenon
during his lifetime, Teilhard did not lose his humility or his
zest for life. Teilhard's life and thought provide a remarkable
reflection on endurance that arises from meaningful work, a productive
life, and an ever-deepening spiritual vision of reality. In addition
to his multi-volume scientific work on paleontology completed
during his lifetime, Teilhard's religious writings were eventually
published after his death in 1955. With his idea of human consciousness
encircling the planet as the noosphere, Teilhard is also credited
with anticipating the complex technological connection of human
thought now evident in global communications and in the worldwide
Internet. Moreover, his thinking regarding the unity of the human
has influenced several key founders of the United Nations.
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