Thomas Berry

and the Great Work

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Bibliography of Thomas Berry's Work
The Twelve Principles

The Twelve Principles

https://youtu.be/zsv7xnaPNMc   In this lecture from 1984 ThThomas and Brian Swimme explain Thomas's twelve principles and relate them to cosmology today.omas sketches out "Twelve Principles for Understanding the Universe and the Role of the Human in the Universe...

Recovering a Sense of the Sacred: Conversations with Thomas Berry

Recovering a Sense of the Sacred: Conversations with Thomas Berry

By Carolyn Toben Whitsett, NC: Timberlake Earth Sanctuary Press, 2012 Recovering a Sense of the Sacred: Conversations with Thomas Berry is a thoughtful and poignant memoir by Carolyn W. Toben recounting her spiritual journey with renowned scholar, author and cultural...

The Twelve Principles

“Transitioning to an Ecozoic Future”

https://youtu.be/2o4icEecBl8   Thomas Berry at Faith Community Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, March 1997. This video is from the library of Lou Niznik thanks to the generous gift of Jane Blewett. We thank Don Smith and Wes Pascoe for making it available...

The Twelve Principles

“The Celebratory Liturgy of the Universe”

https://youtu.be/FJu-INBCO8Q   A Conversation between Thomas Berry and Miriam MacGillis of Genesis Farm, filmed at the Riverdale Center on May 29, 1991. This video is from the library of Lou Niznik thanks to the generous gift of Jane Blewett. We thank Don Smith...

The Twelve Principles

“The Art and Crisis of Planet Earth”

https://youtu.be/o79d0n5saHg   A talk by Thomas Berry at Holy Cross Centre, Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada in 1987. This video is from the library of Lou Niznik thanks to the generous gift of Jane Blewett. We thank Don Smith and Wes Pascoe for making it available...

The Twelve Principles

“The Universe Story – An Epic for our Time”

https://youtu.be/AEgwbzmxgaU https://youtu.be/tSHsxyzE16w https://youtu.be/gRav1NCAMTs https://youtu.be/eLw1oiYhGyM   A series of talks which Thomas gave at Holy Cross Centre in Port Burwell, Ontario in 1994. This video is from the library of Lou Niznik thanks to...

The Twelve Principles

“Reimagining Modern Industrial Global Culture”

https://youtu.be/IKV-IszfdEM https://youtu.be/Li_ndLSRoyc https://youtu.be/FCT4TmLOz0U   Thomas Berry builds the case that "the demonic pathology of the Western soul" is the prime driving force behind the current devastating impact of the human species on the...

The Dream of the Earth

The Dream of the Earth

By Thomas Berry San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1988 Reprint: Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2015 Foreword by Brian Swimme New Preface by Terry Tempest Williams This landmark work, first published by Sierra Club Books in 1988, has established itself as a foundational volume in...

The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future

The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future

By Thomas Berry New York: Harmony/Bell Tower, 1999 One of the most eminent cultural historians of our time presents the culmination of his ideas and calls for us to experience creation as a source of wonder and delight rather than a commodity for our personal use....

The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era–A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos

The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era–A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos

By Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992 From the Great Flaring Forth to the present and into the next millenium, The Universe Story unites science and the humanities in a dramatic exploration of the unfolding of the universe,...

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