This website explores the life and legacy of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, an early 20th Century French Jesuit priest and scientist, as it introduces an inspiring film about him, TEILHARD: Visionary Scientist.

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A Trilogy of Books on Teilhard

From author John Kotre come three books on Teilhard de Chardin. The Women He Knew: Portraits from the Life of Teilhard de Chardin tells the stories of seven women in the life of the late Jesuit priest. The Story He Told: Science and Religion in the Life of Teilhard de Chardin lifts a curtain on the clash of two narratives, one from science and one from religion, over a foundational question: were human beings, was the cosmos itself, evolving? When narratives like that collide, the very ground shakes. What happens in such moments? What comes of them? And The Earth He Loved: Its Place in the Life of Teilhard de Chardin tells the story of Teilhard’s life as a scientist and nature writer, following his path through forests, deserts, mountains, and caves, over oceans, under skies, even to a place where dragons came to die.

According to his website, John Kotre writes about lives, memories, legacies, and stories. He was the creator of the award-winning public television and radio series Seasons of Life.

A former Jesuit seminarian, Kotre received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Chicago and spent thirty-five years as a project director and professor at the Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses of the University of Michigan. He and his wife Kathy have a blended family of five adult children and eight grandchildren. They live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, where he has been active in interfaith dialogue.