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Title: The Great Work: Our Way into the Future by Thomas Berry ISBN: 0-609-80499-5 Publisher: Harmony/Bell Tower Pub. Date: 14 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the Great Prophetic Minds of our age!
Comment: Tom Berry has been called the "Bard of the New Cosmology" and so he is! His thoughts challenge those rooted in authoritarian structures and flatland awareness. His views challenge those who find extreme security in their myths and dogmatic positions. These people have made a career of striking back with an authoritarian thunder when challenged with a more comprehensive unfolding of the Cosmos. Berry's explication brings science and religion together without authoritative fiat rooted in dogma--what Ken Wilbur calls "Deep Religion." Deep religion honors the developmental spirial of conciousness and the EXPERIENTIAL awareness that mystics are privy to and speak of so eloquently and forcefully. Berry's book brings the enviornmental crisis in focus and calls for human transformation of every aspect of human unfolding: political, educational, corporate, sociological, and religious. It is no wonder those who remain rooted in the systems of the Earth's demise so forcefully attack this Great and surely Prophetic Man.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the two or three most important works I've read
Comment: Most people who love the Earth and fear its demise will relate to and devour this book. You may labor at times, but the fruit is abundant. You'll understand more clearly the deep causes in our cultural evolution that have put the Earth at risk. The solution is an immense undertaking, but Berry reminds us there's hope, and that we aren't alone. The human community, and more importantly, the larger life/Earth/Universe community, is available and at work, in us. How can it not be, when it was those communities from which we came? The developing universe, as Berry writes. When you adequately understand the causes of the problems, when you can identify them both outside and within, you move in a better direction. Berry provides an un-numbered, un-listed direction, one that is heard with more than the rational mind. Yet, he articulates better than I could have imagined. He gives an immense hope and guides toward that most important of all energies at this time, the psychic energy necessary for confronting and walking forward, for preparing oneself for real action, real work. That is a big thing. If you have wrung your hands at the seeming impossibility of correcting the wrongs done to the Earth, read this book. Berry doesn't give you concrete things to do, his words work into your creative area, your reflective mind, your spirit.
The folks who reacted negatively in review of this book missed the point or had other expectations. They almost kept me from purchasing The Great Work. I'm glad I bought it. It's one of the two or three most important works I've read.
Rating: 1
Summary: Godless, biocentric, and New Age
Comment: Thomas Berry promotes a "new story" of the universe, also known as the "Earth story," "Universe story," or "new cosmology." The new cosmology essentially is a bio-centric, Godless, New Age, and scientific account of creation, rather than a God-centered religious story. Sadly, Berry is widely promoted as a Catholic author, yet there is nothing Catholic about this book. In fact, the book is generally critical of Christianity and Western Culture. During our time of environmental crisis, we need to turn to God, the Creator of the universe. This book will only steer us away. Save your money. There are better Christian faith and ecology books out there.
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Title: Sierra Club: Dream of the Earth by Thomas Berry ISBN: 0871566222 Publisher: Sierra Club Books Pub. Date: 17 March, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Universe Story : From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era--A Celebration of the Unfol by Brian Swimme ISBN: 0062508350 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: March, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New Story by Brian Swimme ISBN: 1570752818 Publisher: Orbis Books Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Universe Is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story by Brian Swimme ISBN: 0939680149 Publisher: Bear & Co Pub. Date: March, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Earth & Spirit: The Spiritual Dimension of the Environmental Crisis by Fritz Hull, Thomas Berry ISBN: 0826406661 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: March, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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