Abstract
Religious experience is conditioned and influenced by our understanding of reality, and scientific knowledge contributes to that understanding. Spirituality will be related to knowledge of nature in that experience of God will be mediated in and through a relation to the universe and out of the fulfillment of the creation. Thus a mystical knowledge of God is experienced in and out of a developing evolution of nature, society, and culture. Ralph Burhoe and Teilhard de Chardin share a vision of mystical unity with God as arising out of an integration involving the systems of nature and society.
Keywords
mediation, evolution, spirituality, culture, nature, mysticism
How to Cite
Nelson, J., (2000) “Ralph Burhoe and Teilhard De Chardin: an Affinity in Mysticism?”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 35(3), 687–698. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.00304