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Visionary theologian and evolutionary theorist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin applied his whole life, his tremendous intellect, and his great spiritual faith to building a philosophy that would reconcile religion with the scientific theory of evolution. Teilhard's primary book, The Phenomenon of Man, sets forth a sweeping account of the unfolding of the cosmos. In this work, Teilhard describes evolution as a process that leads to increasing complexity, culminating in the unification of consciousness. Teilhard argues that just as living organisms sprung from inorganic matter and evolved into ever more complex thinking beings, humans are evolving toward an "omega point"—defined by Teilhard as a convergence with the Divine.