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Selected Readings in Cosmology

Posted April 11, 2007

Berry, Thomas,

The Dream of the Earth, Sierra Book Club, San Francisco, 1998.

An enlightening and empowering presentation of our modem cosmology. Berry explores the implications of our common Sacred Story with regards to energy, technology, ecology, economics, education, spirituality, patriarchy, bioregionalism, Christianity and more. A good introduction to the most prominent co-theologian (or ge910gian) alive today.

 

The Great Work: our Way into the Future. Bell Tower, 1999

In this Great Work, Thomas Berry invites us all to participate in the most necessary and most ennobling work we will ever undertake. Berry's message is not one of doom but one of hope. He calls upon all aspects of society to remember their function, particularly the universities and other educational institutions whose role it is to guide students into an appreciation rather than an exploitation\ of the world around them.

 

Berry, Thomas and Clark Thomas

Befriending the Earth.  XXIII Publication, Mystic CT, 1993

 

Berry, Thomas and Swimme, Brian

The Universe Story Harper, San Francisco, 1992

One of the most significant works of the twentieth century. Integrating the sciences and the humanities, Berry and Swimme tell the story of the Universe with a feel for its spiritual dimensions, and clearly indicate the role of the human in this Great Story of Life.

 

Capra, Fritjof

The Web of Life Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1996

 

Capra, Fritjof and Steindl, David

Belonaina to the Universe. Harper, San Francisco, 1991

 

Ferris, Timothy

The Whole Shebana. Simon & Shuster, New York, 1997

 

Goodenough, Ursula

The Sacred Depths of Nature. Oxford University Press, 1998

 

Keller, Stephen and Wilson, Edwin O.

The Biophilia Hypothesis. Island Press, Wash. DC, 1993

 

Leeming, David and Margaret

A Dictionary of Creation Myths Oxford University Press, NY 1994

 

Liebes, Sidney, Sahtouris, Elizabeth, & Swimme, Brian

A Walk Through Time: From Stardust to Us, John Wiley & Sons, Inc NY, 1998.

 

Lovelock, James

Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, Oxford University Press, NY, 1995

 

O'Murchu, Diarmuid

Our World In Transition, Crossroads Publishing Co. NY, 1992


Sahtouris, Elizabeth

Gaia: The Human Journey from Chaos to Cosmos, Pocket Books, NY, 1989

 

Swimme, Brian

The Universe is a Green Dragon, Bear and Company, Sante Fe, NM, 1984 An alluring and creative introduction to the new cosmology

 

Hidden Heart of the Cosmos, Orbis Books, NY, 1996

A lucid introduction to the new cosmology, which is dramatically transforming our understanding of the universe and the nature and destiny of humanity. Swimme explores the deeper mysteries of the cosmos in an especially illuminating fashion, and he has a rare gift for integrating science with a sense of the sacred.

 

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre

The Human Phenomenon, Sussex Academic Press, 1999