Thomas Berry
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The Great Work: Our Way into the Future
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1999
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9 editions
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The Dream of the Earth
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published
1988
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16 editions
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The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century
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published
2009
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9 editions
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Evening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community
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published
2006
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6 editions
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The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth
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2009
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7 editions
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Meditations with Thomas Berry: With additional material by Brian Swimme (GreenSpirit Book Series)
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Creative Energy: Bearing Witness for the Earth
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published
1996
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2 editions
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Befriending the Earth: A Theology of Reconciliation Between Humans and the Earth
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1991
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Buddhism
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published
1967
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7 editions
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Religions of India: Hinduism, Yoga, Buddhism
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published
1971
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8 editions
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“We see quite clearly that what happens
to the nonhuman happens to the human.
What happens to the outer world
happens to the inner world.
If the outer world is diminished in its grandeur
then the emotional, imaginative,
intellectual, and spiritual life of the human
is diminished or extinguished.
Without the soaring birds, the great forests,
the sounds and coloration of the insects,
the free-flowing streams, the flowering fields,
the sight of the clouds by day
and the stars at night, we become impoverished
in all that makes us human.”
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to the nonhuman happens to the human.
What happens to the outer world
happens to the inner world.
If the outer world is diminished in its grandeur
then the emotional, imaginative,
intellectual, and spiritual life of the human
is diminished or extinguished.
Without the soaring birds, the great forests,
the sounds and coloration of the insects,
the free-flowing streams, the flowering fields,
the sight of the clouds by day
and the stars at night, we become impoverished
in all that makes us human.”
―
“We might summarize our present human situation by the simple statement: that in the 20th century, the glory of the human has become the desolation of the Earth and now the desolation of the Earth is becoming the destiny of the human.
From here on, the primary judgment of all human institutions, professions, programs and activities will be determined by the extent to which they inhibit, ignore, or foster a mutually-enhancing human/Earth relationship.”
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From here on, the primary judgment of all human institutions, professions, programs and activities will be determined by the extent to which they inhibit, ignore, or foster a mutually-enhancing human/Earth relationship.”
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