For For readers of Teilhard and of Christian thought on the feminine and on Mary; not for general readers.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
1 of 5specialist interest
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
4 of 5hard
A commentary on Teilhard's poem The Eternal Feminine and the place of the feminine in his thought.
How it proceeds
Philosophic3 of 5
Scriptural1 of 5
Experiential2 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical2 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A study of Teilhard de Chardin's prose poem L'Éternel féminin, published by Aubier in 1968. De Lubac comments on the poem and on the place of the feminine, of purity and of Mary in Teilhard's thought. René Hague's English translation, The Eternal Feminine, was published in 1971 (Collins; Harper and Row).
