Barfield Scholarship
Essays, Book Chapters, and Monographs
on Owen Barfield and His Work

Jacob Sherman
An Ever Diverse Pair:
Owen Barfield, Teilhard de Chardin
and the Evolution of Consciousness

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: From Bacon to Barfield

The "Great Myth" | Modernity and the Invention of Progress | The Rise of Evolution | Barfield, Teilhard, and the Evolution of Consciousness | Conclusion

Chapter Two: Teilhard de Chardin

Life, the Universe and Everything: the Methodology of Teilhard de Chardin | From Alpha to Omega: the Evolution of Consciousness | O Christ Ever Greater: Teilhard's Cosmic Christology

Chapter Three: Owen Barfield

In the Beginning Was the Word: the Methodology of Owen Barfield | The Evolution of Consciousness | Christ: the Logos of Evolution

Chapter Four: Teilhard and the Problem of R.U.P.

R.U.P.: the Residue of Unresolved Positivism | Residual Positivism in Teilhard's Thought | The Consequences of R.U.P.

Chapter Five: An Ever Diverse Pair

An Ever Diverse Pair: the Polar Relationship Between Barfield and Teilhard | Towards a Synthesis | Concluding Reflections

Bibliography