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A careful analysis of Teilhard de Chardin's views, as a scientist and as a Christian, on two important problems in the world today: the problem of love and the problem of suffering. Does science objectively encounter love? In a Teilhardian critique of the true meaning of matter, the author answers in the affirmative and demonstrates how science arrives at love in the world -- a love that logically leads to the Christian faith. Is the Christianity of Teilhard a Christianity without the cross? The author shows the entire work of Teilhard de Chardin illuminated by the shadow of the cross. Teilhard's every thought as a scientist living within the mystery of the cross -- is marked by that mystery, which he urges us to look for within the Church in order better to understand it. For Teilhard, the problem of evil is in reality an expression of love and a principle of union between God and mankind.

A positive restatement of the essentials of prayer in the context of modern thought and modern conditions of life.

As advertised, this series of retreat talks represents the late Monsignor Knox at his best. The talks are characterized by his customary personal directness, sincerity, intelligence, urbanity, wit, charm, gentleness and respect for his audience. Addressed to teen-age students, the meditative chats deal in the main with the inevitable subjects appropriate for any retreat, but the thought and style are unique. Emphasis is on the positive virtues and on personal religion. Where the negative has to be discussed, the stress is on wrong attitudes and commonly overlooked faults. The rhetorical bombast of the ""seasoned retreat master"" is totally absent. This book can profitably be used as a model by retreat masters and be read as a form of making a private retreat by any young Catholic.

Since the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church has experienced the birth of a new humanism which defines man primarily in the light of his responsibilities -- responsibilities toward his fellowmen and toward history. This, says the author, is the new horizon which the Catholic theologian faces today. The essays in this book demonstrate how the challenge is being met, and how it will be met in coming years. They consider topics such as infallibility, the Bible, the direction and structure of theology, prayer, world religions, and the developing theological consensus.