The French [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[priest]] and [[Mysticism|mystical]] visionary [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]] early in the 20th century redefined the idea of the Cosmic Christ. He sought to blend [[science]] and [[religion]] into a single theory of [[evolution]] with the postmodern insight that a scientific study of nature and psycho-spirituality cannot be separated.<ref>[https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4614-6086-2_9128?no-access=true Teilhard de Chardin: Cosmic Christ, Stephen B. Herrmann (springer.com)]<br>[http://catholicworld.info/sharing/cosmicchrist.htm Evolution and the Third Nature of Christ: A study of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's Cosmic Christ (catholicworld.info)]</ref>
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The [[Catholic Church]] has warned against the theories of de Chardin in a ''monitum'' against his writings.