The Writings of Thomas Berry

I recently completed a reading of all of the books published on eco-theology by Thomas Berry during his lifetime:

The Dream of the Earth (1988, Sierra Club Books).
Here is a review. Here is a recording of a reading of chapter three.

The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era, A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos (1992, Harper San Francisco, co-authored with Brian Swimme). Here is a review.

The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future (1999, Bell Tower).
Here is a review by Herman Greene, founder of the Center for Ecozoic Studies.

Evening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community (2006, Sierra Club Books, edited by Mary Evelyn Tucker). Here is a review.

After Thomas Berry's death in 2009, Mary Evelyn Tucker (Thomas' student, and founder of the Thomas Berry Foundation) published two additional books that incorporate Thomas' writing, The Sacred Universe, and The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth.

I commend Thomas Berry's work, and I agree with his thesis that the turning (using the term used by David Cortan and Joanna Macy, see my 9/21/11 entry in this blog about Joanna's Great Turning Workshop) of humanity back into alignment with Nature is crucial for a prosperous human future. Such a Turning will have implications for how we generate and use energy, thus my inclusion of this entry here in my Energy Matters Blog.

I'm looking forward to participating in a Retreat on 11/12/11 at the the Center for Education, Imagination and the Natural World, entitled Thomas Berry's Sense of the Sacred.

Here is a audio recording of Thomas Berry speaking entitled, Planning for a Planet.
And here is a video recording of an interview with Thomas in 2006 by Caroline Web.