http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/Historical, philosophical, and theological perspectives on the phenomena of the Internet (World Wide Web).hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/515619In science, there is an axiom that suggest that the simplest explanation of a phenomenon is often the most accurate. What is the simplest understanding of the World Wide Web? The World Wide Web is the physical manifestation of the sphere of thought, emotion, and culture which has, since the first...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/510644Cyberspace and the Dream of Teilhard de Chardin by John R. Mabry Progressive Catholics have long cherished Teilhard de Chardin and his unique and mystical vision, and for those of us who have only recently discovered the New Cosmology, his discovery is as great an epiphany as the encountering of...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/510642Bibliography The dates in parentheses are the dates of first publication in French and English. Most of these works were written years earlier, but Teilhard's ecclesiastical order forbade him to publish them because of their controversial nature. The essay collections are organized by subject...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/510640References ^ Teilard's headstone at Find A Grave accessed September 20, 2006 ^ Warning Considering the Writings of Father Teilhard de Chardin, Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, June 30, 1962. ^ Communiqué of the Press Office of the Holy See, English edition of L'Osservatore Romano, July 20,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/510639Teilhard in popular culture A building in the Allen Hall hall of residence at the University of Manchester is named after Teilhard. American cultural historian and spiritual writer Walter J. Ong, S.J., was one of the first to publicize Teilhard's thought, in "The Mechanical Bride: Christen the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/510638Chardin: Teachings In his posthumously published book, The Phenomenon of Man, Teilhard writes of the unfolding of the material cosmos, from the creation to the development of the noosphere in the present, to his vision of the Omega Point in the future. He was a leading proponent of orthogenesis,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/510637Controversy with Church officials In 1925, Teilhard was ordered by the Jesuit Superior General Vladimir Ledochowski to leave his teaching position in France and to sign a statement withdrawing his controversial statements regarding the doctrine of original sin. Rather than leave the Jesuit order,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/510636Death Teilhard died on April 10, 1955 in New York City, where he was in residence at the Jesuit church of St Ignatius of Loyola, Park Avenue. He was buried in the cemetery for the New York Province of the Jesuits at the Jesuit novitiate, St. Andrew's-on-the-Hudson in Poughkeepsie, upstate New...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/510635World travels From 1930 – 1931 Teilhard stayed in France and in the United States. During a conference in Paris, Teilhard stated: "For the observers of the Future, the greatest event will be the sudden appearance of a collective humane conscience and a human work to make." From 1932 – 1933 he...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TheologyWorldWideWeb/510634[ edit ] China In 1923 he traveled to China with Father Emile Licent, who was in charge in Tianjin for a significant laboratory collaborating with the Natural history museum in Paris and the Marcellin Boule laboratory. Licent carried out considerable basic work in connection with missionaries who...