Bøger af Thomas Berry

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 human activity.Drawing on the wisdom of Western philosophy, Asian thought, and Native American traditions, as well as contemporary physics and evolutionary biology, Berry offers a new perspective that recasts our understanding of science, technology, politics, religion, ecology, and education. He shows us why it is important for us to respond to the Earth’s need for planetary renewal, and what we must do to break free of the “technological trance” that drives a misguided dream of progress. Only then, he suggests, can we foster mutually enhancing human-Earth relationships that can heal our traumatized global biosystem.

Two boys, raised in the millennial world where their parents overprotected them, but abandoned them for their work. Each parent was very successful, but their children were left with loneliness and longing for love. They were raised in a digital world, full of toys and games. Their church brought the boys together. A promiscuous priest coerced them into sexual situations in the name of God. From this exposure, they developed a love for each other that continued through their childhood and into adulthood.Because of parental intervention, the boys went to different colleges and received their law degree. They still communicated and got together as often as they could. After graduation they planed a trip together. Then, at a party, they suddenly met a beautiful and remarkable girl who had also just graduated, and was also looking for a way to celebrate. The boys asked her to go with them on their trip. She was also a millennial, with wealthy parents, and they had a lot in common. As it turned out, the place where the boys wanted to go was the girl's family origin. She had friends there and knew all about the location. The boys and the girl jumped into a love all threesome. This was their anti-society outlook. Religious rules were made to be broken. Then the problems began to appear. They would work out a solution, but life always got in the way. The dilemma was almost predictable. Finding a solution was not.

Increase in awareness of environmental issues has led to the intersection of religion and environment. This work presents a unique way of looking at this topic by relating the Christian word sacrament to the term commons, suggesting that local natural settings and local communities can be a source for respect and compassion.

Essays on our spiritual role in the fate of the planet from “the most provocative figure among the new breed of eco–theologians” (Newsweek).Among the contemporary voices for the Earth, none resonates like that of 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 compelling narrative of creation and communion that reconciles modern evolutionary thinking and traditional religious insights concerning our integral role in Earth’s society.While sounding an urgent alarm at our current dilemma, Berry inspires us to reclaim our role as the consciousness of the universe and thereby begin to create a true partnership with the Earth community. With Evening Thoughts, this wise elder has lit another beacon to lead us home.“Thomas Berry is an exemplar in a tradition that includes a diverse group of spiritually radiant individuals (Gandhi, the monk Thomas Merton, the Lakota elder Black Elk), visionaries (Jacques Ellul, Terry Tempest Williams, Rachel Carson), and writers (Wendell Berry, Gary Snyder, Rebecca Solnit, Loren Eiseley).” —Barry Lopez, author of Arctic Dreams