The Phenomenon of Man

Why it’s on the list: A Jesuit paleontologist’s account of evolution as the way God’s creation goes on unfolding, moving toward a final convergence of consciousness and the divine he called the ‘Omega Point.’ Published after his death because the Church had kept him from publishing it during his lifetime.

Where I heard about it

• Listed as further reading in a July 2026 study note on Adam, human origins and the covenant.

Connections

• The Language of God — a modern scientist’s version of the same reconciliation, without the mysticism.
• Evolution · Science and Religion