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RESPONSE TO THOMAS BERRY'S THE GREAT WORK

RESPONSE TO THOMAS BERRY'S THE GREAT WORK <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This paper salutes four contributions of Berry's book: its return to creation rather than redemption as the central doctrine of Christianity, its expanded paideia beyond the male West, its focus on ecological problems as the agenda for all world religions, and its redefinition of the self in terms of orientations to nature and institutions. The paper then poses two questions. Why emphasize the Earth's ecology, with an emphasis of preservation and stability, rather than cosmic process which is entropic and a matter of trajectories? Why emphasize symmetry at the basis of the cosmos, with the emphasis on unity and order, rather than the asymmetry of unique creation with an emphasis on particularity and change?</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Worldviews Brill

RESPONSE TO THOMAS BERRY'S THE GREAT WORK

Worldviews , Volume 5 (2-3): 136 – Jan 1, 2001

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2001 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1363-5247
eISSN
1568-5357
DOI
10.1163/15685350152908192
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This paper salutes four contributions of Berry's book: its return to creation rather than redemption as the central doctrine of Christianity, its expanded paideia beyond the male West, its focus on ecological problems as the agenda for all world religions, and its redefinition of the self in terms of orientations to nature and institutions. The paper then poses two questions. Why emphasize the Earth's ecology, with an emphasis of preservation and stability, rather than cosmic process which is entropic and a matter of trajectories? Why emphasize symmetry at the basis of the cosmos, with the emphasis on unity and order, rather than the asymmetry of unique creation with an emphasis on particularity and change?</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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WorldviewsBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2001

Keywords: THOMAS BERRY; CREATION; PEDAGOGY; THE GREAT WORK

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