The Dream of the Earth
Book description
This landmark work, first published by Sierra Club Books in 1988, has established itself as a foundational volume in the ecological canon. In it, noted cultural historian Thomas Berry provides nothing less than a new intellectual-ethical framework for the human community by positing planetary well-being as the measure of all…
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Thomas Berry was a cultural historian who studied the cultures of Europe, China, America, India, and the Indigenous worlds with a single burning question in his mind: What is the role of humanity in the universe? Of course, this idea that humanity has a cosmic role is the opposite of the view promoted by modern science of an evolving universe that is going nowhere.
Given his professional background in the humanities, it is surprising that Berry names science as the primary revelation of the divine. He is committed to the idea that the sciences have discovered a common creation story,…
From Brian's list on science books on the universe with a spiritual inclination.
In college during the 1960s I studied Eastern and indigenous world religions with Thomas Berry which informed my approach to art healing. Only recently I discovered how he evolved to become a leading figure in the ecological community, calling for a new depth of psychology of nature. His vision of how each person and all of nature participate in an inclusive creative force is for me the way forward with art healing. Among his books, including The Great Work and the new biography published by Columbia University Press, I recommend The Dream of the Earth as a starting point. We…
From Shaun's list on art healing.
Thomas Berry has been called a ‘geologian’ and is one of the deepest thinkers on the environmental crisis. He writes with passion and compassion for our world and humanity as part of that world. One quote gives you an idea of his prose: ‘But our supposed progress toward an ever-improving human situation is bringing us to a waste world instead of a wonderworld’.
From Haydn's list on the environmental crisis and possible solutions.
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