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Dedicated readers of ecology, theology, or religious philosophy will want to savor each one [of these essays]. Library Journal 7/1/09 The volume is a fair encapsulation of the intellectual concerns for which Berry is best known. -- Christina Peppard Commonweal 1/29/10 Thoams Berry demonstrattes in these papers the qualities he calls for: humanist vision and imagination. Resurgence 09/01/10 When encountering the essays, one is struck by the clarity of analyses showing humanity's destructive antagonism toward the Earth. In them we observe the gradual evocation of a vision in which this antagonism is overcome so that we can live in harmony and peace on our planetary home. -- Norman Wirzba Journal of the American Academy of Religion 9/1/2011
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A leading scholar, cultural historian, and Catholic priest who spent more than fifty years writing about our engagement with the Earth, Thomas Berry possessed prophetic insight into the rampant destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of species. In this book he makes a persuasive case for an interreligious dialogue that can better confront the environmental problems of the twenty-first century. These erudite and keenly sympathetic essays represent Berry's best work, covering such issues as human beings' modern alienation from nature and the possibilities of future, regenerative forms of religious experience. Asking that we create a new story of the universe and the emergence of the Earth within it, Berry resituates the human spirit within a sacred totality.
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The glories of life to be saved,
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This review is from: The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
This collection of Berry's essays spans about three decades, and captures the evolution of his thought. We watch a grand vision struggling to come out. The first efforts are wordy, dense, and filled with theological language. Berry is struggling to bring his whole religious heritage with him into the new ecological age. With each attempt his writing grows clearer in focus. He argues less against outdated sentiments, and stresses the glories of life to be saved. Finally, he becomes a grand old prophet, regaling us with admiration for the sacred cosmos.--author of The Gardens of Their Dreams: Desertification and Culture in World History
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This review is from: The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
Ordained or not, no purveyor of religion today should teach without having had an extensive course using this book as one of its texts. It is too important to be relegated to those relatively few who are self-starting, spiritual seekers or environmentalists. This book deserves being used as a companion to the sacred scriptures of each and every religion. Thomas Berry has gotten to the heart of the reform of consciousness without which nothing else can adequately address our ecological crisis. His passing this year at the age of 90 is a sore loss, but this book along with other of his writings will continue to enlighten and bless us.
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The place of the human in the universe,
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This review is from: The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
Do you wonder about what the future holds for the earth and humans? This book is based on sound science and goes beyond science to give meaning to evolution, the connectedness of all that is and the place of the human on the earth. From where does the consciousness of humans come? where is evolving consciousness leading us? Explore what the extraordinarly perceptive mind of Thomas Berry presents in relation to these questions. Another work by this author is [[ASIN:0609804995 The Great Work: Our Way into the Future
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Recommended for spirituality collections,
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This review is from: The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century is edited by Mary Evelyn Tucker and comes from one of the 20th century's scholarly thinkers on spiritual intersection between humans and the natural world. Berry was a leading scholar and Catholic priest who spent over fifty years writing about earth and spirituality: THE SACRED UNIVERSE's essays represent his best writings and are recommended for spirituality collections.
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