Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Legacy of Eugenics and Racism Can’t Be Ignored
…writings, and more recently the National Catholic Reporter reported on an online movement to name him a “doctor of the Church.” Recent scholarly research, however, should cast doubt upon any such movements, as Teilhard’s positive influence may not be able to overcome his commitment to and employment of a philosophy of eugenics and social Darwinism. From censure to pontifical acceptance Born in 1881, Teilhard wrote dozens of books and hundreds of…
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