Evening Thoughts Reflecting on Earth As a Sacred Community

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ISBN: 9781578051304

ISBN-10: 1578051304

ISBN-13: 9781578051304

Edition: 2006

Authors: Thomas Berry, Mary Evelyn Tucker

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Among the contemporary voices for the Earth, none resonates like that of noted cultural historian Thomas Berry. His teaching and writings have inspired a generation's thinking about humankind's place in the Earth community and the universe, engendering widespread critical acclaim and a documentary film on his life and work. This new collection of essays, from various years and occasions, expands and deepens ideas articulated in his earlier writings and also breaks new ground. Berry opens our eyes to the full dimensions of the ecological crisis, framing it as a crisis of spiritual vision. Applying his formidable erudition in cultural history, science, and comparative religions, he forges a…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Editor's Preface



Our Way into the Future: A Communion of Subjects



The Place of the Human



Loneliness and Presence



Earth as Sacred Community



Creative Continuity



The Nation-State in the Twenty-first Century



The Petrochemical Age



Global Warming



Legal Conditions for Earth Survival



The Epic of Evolution



Catching the Power of the Wind



Evening Thoughts



Twelve Principles for Understanding the Universe



Ten Principles for Jurisprudence Revision



Editor's Afterword: An Intellectual Biography of Thomas Berry


About the Author and Editor