THE SPREAD OF TEILHARD DE CHARDIN’S IDEAS IN THE LITHUANIAN DIASPORA
THE SPREAD OF TEILHARD DE CHARDIN’S IDEAS IN THE LITHUANIAN DIASPORA

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the interpretations of the work of the French scholar and theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in the Lithuanian diaspora. These interpretations have not yet been started to be researched, even though discussions in the emigrant press, which arose due to his thought, have been and continue to be the most extensive Lithuanian public discussions on philosophical concepts. According to our data, between 1950 and 1990, as many as 99 publications appeared in the diaspora that mentioned or analysed Teilhard de Chardin’s ideas in more detail. Most of the writings have been by Catholic priests of those times, but in addition to them, several now almost forgotten secular thinkers have also published on his thought. The most active debaters have been philosopher Antanas Maceina as well as psychologist and priest Antanas Paškus. Teilhard de Chardin’s theory was interpreted in the context of the Catholic theology of the time. The only exception might be Paškus’ attempts to conceive of it in terms of becoming and recognise the divine creation as a continuous creation in the universe.

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