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Selected writings on the earth community / Thomas Berry ; selected and with an introduction by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berry, Thomas, 1914-2009, author.
- Series:
- Modern spiritual masters series
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecotheology.
- Theology.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 200 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2014]
- Summary:
- Thomas Berry was a priest, a historian of religions, and a "geologtan." An early and significant: voice awakening religious sensibilities to the environmental crisis, lie is particularly well-known for articulating a "universe story" that explore^ the world-changing implications of contemporary science. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Story of the Universe 11
- The New Story 12
- The Dream of the Earth 17
- The Human as Integral with the Universe 17
- The Universe as Symphony 18
- A Living Planet 20
- New Forms of Religious Enchantment 23
- Diversity and Unity 24
- Three Principles: Differentiation, Subjectivity, Communion 26
- Chapter 2 Spirituality of Earth 28
- Earth Spirituality 29
- The Universe Manifests the Sacred 31
- Living in a Universe 32
- To Wantonly Destroy a Living Species 34
- Human Intimacy with Earth 34
- Chapter 3 Rejoining the Earth Community 37
- Returning to Our Native Place 39
- The North American Continent 43
- Chapter 4 The Universe as Cosmic Liturgy 49
- The Covenant of the Universe 52
- Cosmic Liturgy 54
- The Universe as Integral to Human-Earth Rituals 56
- Celebrating Cosmic Transformations 62
- Chapter 5 Religions Awaken to the Universe 64
- The Cosmology of Religions 66
- Natural World as Scripture 67
- The Challenge to Theologians 69
- Universe as Primary Bearer of Religious Experience 72
- Participating in the Journey of the Universe 73
- A Degraded Outer World Leads to a Degraded Inner World 74
- Religion Arises from Wonder and Awe 75
- Communion of Subjects 76
- Renewing Earth: From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism 77
- Extinction Is Forever 77
- Wonder, Beauty, Intimacy 78
- The Universe Is a Single Multiform Celebratory Event 78
- A Functional Cosmology for Education and Religion 79
- Invocation Not Domination 80
- Ecological Spirituality and the Integral Ecologist 81
- The Great Work of the World Religions 84
- Chapter 6 Intercommunion of World Religions 85
- Spiritual Traditions and the Human Community 86
- Global Meeting of the World Religions 87
- Richness of Diversity 87
- Multiform Global Religious Traditions 89
- Religions of India as Part of the Legacy of Humankind 90
- Confucian Virtues: Personal, Social, and Cosmic 92
- Humaneness 95
- Western Individualism and Chinese Holism 96
- Love as a Cosmic Force 102
- Chapter 7 The Challenge to Christianity 103
- The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth 106
- The Role of the Church: Fostering Human-Earth Relations 108
- Christianity's Great Work 109
- Members of the Earth Community 110
- Universe as Self-Emergent Process 110
- Detachment from the World 111
- Wisdom of the Cross Interwoven with the Wisdom of the World 112
- Peace with Earth 113
- Divine Indwelling 115
- Story of the Universe 118
- Christian Cosmology 120
- Changing a Geological Era 121
- Epic of Evolution 124
- A Cosmological Understanding of the Trinity 126
- The Divine: The Ultimate Mystery of Things 128
- Consciousness and Community 130
- The Curvature of Space 131
- Chapter 8 Ecozoic Era 134
- The Earth Community 136
- The Dawn of the Ecozoic Era 136
- If We Lived on the Moon 138
- No Moral Teachings for Biocide or Geocide 138
- Universe as Primary Sacred Community 139
- The Wild and the Sacred 140
- The Determining Features of the Ecozoic Era 142
- Chapter 9 Moments of Grace 145
- Sacred Moments 147
- Our Moment of Transformation 148
- From Cultural Coding to Genetic Coding 151
- The Wonder of Earth 153
- Fourfold Wisdom 156
- The Ecological Age 157
- Chapter 10 The Role of the Human 159
- The Great Work 161
- Reinventing the Human at the Species Level 164
- Differentiation, Subjectivity, and Communion 168
- The Story of the Universe 169
- Shared Dream Experience 170
- Chapter 11 Alienation and Renewal 172
- Discovering Our Place 174
- Bonded Relationships 175
- Renewal 176
- Loneliness and Presence 177
- Celebrating the Universe 179
- Our Relations with Animals 180
- Mutual Indwelling 181
- Chapter 12 Musings over a Life 184
- The Meadow Across the Creek 188
- Reflections on Death 188
- Spirituality and Ecology 189
- Cosmology of Peace 191
- Evening Thoughts 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781626980952
- 1626980950
- OCLC:
- 880808884
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