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Thomas berry founded the history of religions program at fordham university and the riverdale center of religious research. Begun in 2010 by allysyn kiplinger, the website explores both the philosophy and the realworld expression of ecozoic, as lined and defined by. If a societys cultural world the dreams that have guided it to a certain point become dysfunctional, the society must go back and dream. The historical theory of giambattista vico 1949 buddhism 1968 the religions of india 1972 the dream of the earth 1988 befriending the earth with thomas clarke, 1991. In the dream of the earth, thomas berry describes the entire industrial age as a period of technological entrancement, an altered state of consciousness, a mental fixation that alone can explain how we came to ruin our air and water and soil and to severely damage our basic life systems. The great work now, as we move into a new millennium, is to carry out the transition from a period of human devastation of the earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner. Thomas berry is one of the most eminent cultural historians of our time. Com is a news source and resource center for the emerging ecozoic era. A wideeyed, florid, repetitive declaration of past ecological sins and future new age virtues. There is no wiser or more hopeful guide through the years ahead. The spirituality of the earth by thomas berry chapter 11, pp. Emerging earth community journey of the universe thomas berry. The dream of the earth by thomas berry, paperback barnes.
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