Evening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community

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Sierra Club Books, 2006 - Art - 173 pages
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

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Contents

Editors Preface
9
A Communion of Subjects
17
The Place of the Human
25
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TitleEvening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community
AuthorThomas Berry
EditorMary Evelyn Tucker
PublisherSierra Club Books, 2006
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedJul 14, 2008
ISBN1578051304, 9781578051304
Length173 pages
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