RT Journal
A1 Bean WB
T1 THe divine milieu
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1961
FD November 1
VO 108
IS 5
SP 814
OP 815
DO 10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110154041
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110154041
AB To me the word theology is a contradiction in terms for I cannot see how there can indeed be an objective science of the subjective. On the other hand, the reality of religion and religious experience which often is so lightly denied by those of a scientific bent, particularly with our crass and harsh attitudes of the day, constitutes one of the cardinal realities of existence. Father de Chardin's Phenomenon of Man and its phenomenal success a couple of years ago is seen now in context with The Divine Milieu which his literary executors have seen fit to issue after the prior release of the book which had been written later. Perhaps now The Phenomenon of Man is more comprehensible as the second in a series rather than as the primary or major work. Those who criticized The Phenomenon of Man, chiefly scientists, have criticized it on the basis of