Thomas Berry : a biography /

Tucker, Mary Evelyn,

Thomas Berry : a biography / Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, and Andrew Angyal. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Thomas Berry and the arc of history -- An independent youth -- The call to contemplation -- Studying history and living history -- The struggle to teach -- From human history to earth history -- From new story to universe story -- Evoking the great work -- Coming home -- Interlude: the arc of a life -- Narratives of time -- Teilhard and the zest for life -- Confucian integration of cosmos, earth, and humans -- Indigenous traditions of the giving earth.

Thomas Berry (1914-2009) was one of the twentieth century's most prescient and profound thinkers. The first biography of Berry, this book illuminates his remarkable vision and its continuing relevance for achieving transformative social change and environmental renewal.



9780231548793

2019009969


Catholics--Biography.


Electronic Books.

BX4705 / .T466 2019