Following the most recent scientific discoveries about the birth of the universe, this text shows how these new insights replace outmoded ways of seeing the world, bridging the chasm between science and spirituality, the physical realm and the soul. This book will help readers to grasp the larger significance of the human enterprise in this […]
Communicating his ideas in the form of a classical dialogue between a youth and a wise elder, cosmologist Brian Swimme crafts a fascinating exploration into the creativity suffusing the universe. His explication of the fundamental powers of the cosmos is mystical and ecstatic and points directly to the need to activate one’s own creative powers.
From the big bang 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, humanity’s evolving place in the cosmos, and the boundless possibilities for our future.
A leading scholar, cultural historian, and Catholic priest who spent more than fifty years writing about our engagement with the Earth, Thomas Berry possessed prophetic insight into the rampant destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of species. In this book he makes a persuasive case for an interreligious dialogue that can better confront the environmental […]
Thomas Berry is one of the most eminent cultural historians of our time. Here he presents the culmination of his ideas and urges us to move from being a disrupting force on the Earth to a benign presence. This transition is the Great Work — the most necessary and most ennobling work we will ever […]
This first volume in a new series, the Sierra Club Nature and Natural Philosophy Library, explores human-earth relations and seeks a new, non-anthropocentric approach to the natural world. According to cultural historian Berry, our immediate danger is not nuclear war but industrial plundering; our entire society, he argues, is trapped in a closed cycle of […]
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Release Date: November 1st 2014 110 pages, Ages 10+, Color, Hardcover The Universe Verse is a scientifically-accurate rhyming comic book about the origins of the universe, life on Earth and the human race. It introduces and illuminates the most fundamental features of our existence in a way that is engaging and accessible to a wide […]
This wide-ranging book was published in 2000 but is very relevant for understanding our world in this time of great transition. “Promise Ahead” explores how humanity is growing up and how our progress has created a number of adversity trends (e.g., climate chaos, groundwater depletion, species extinction). We are about to hit an “evolutionary wall” […]
Just as there are relatively distinct stages that characterize the development of an individual from infancy to adulthood, so too are there discernible stages in the development of our species as we move toward a planetary-scale civilization. This book brings together views from science and spirituality, East and West, the practical and the visionary, to […]
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Creation Spirituality: Reawakening Mysticism, Protecting Our Planet
Gladwyne Montessori is an independent Montessori school on Philadelphia’s Main Line.
Committed to guiding adults in their journey as they discover the truths about childhood and study Montessori pedagogy. Personal growth and deep understanding prepares us for success.
The result is transformative.
