978-1-57075-917-8 The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth by
Thomas Berry
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160pp.
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Edited by John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
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Reflections on Christianity, the sacred community of Life, and the New Universe Story by one of the true prophets of our age.
“May be the best guide yet to the work of Thomas Berry. It is as though these essays embody the bonding force he calls ‘the Great Compassionate Curve’ of the universe.” —Catherine Keller
“A highly readable gem.”—Catholic Library World
“Inspiring, often lyrical.”—St. Anthony Messenger
Like no other religious thinker, Thomas Berry has been a prophetic voice regarding Earth’s destruction and the urgent need for human response from the Christian community. This book collects Berry’s
signature views on the interrelatedness of both Earth’s future and the Christian future. He ponders why Christians have been late in coming to the
issue of the environment. He reflects insightfully on how the environment must be seen as a religious issue, not simply a scientific or economic problem.
In powerful and poetic language Berry presents a compelling vision of the sacredness of the universe and the interrelatedness of the Earth community.
Drawing on Thomas Aquinas and Teilhard de Chardin he brings the Christian tradition into a cosmology of care for the whole of creation.
Thomas Berry, C.P., was a geologian, historian of religion, and philosopher, a member of the Passionist order, and the single most important Christian and Catholic voice on the link between faith, reverence
for all of life, and the environmental crisis. His many books included The Dream of the Earth and Evening Thoughts (both Sierra Club Books, 2006).
