Thomas Berry Legacy
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Carrying forward the vision of Thomas Berry, cosmologist, cultural historian, and ecological prophet.
Earth-centered. Spirit-rooted. Story-driven.
“The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.”
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Earth-centered. Spirit-rooted. Story-driven.
“The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.”
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Our future depends on whether we see ourselves as separate or as one sacred community with the Earth. 🌍✨
More at fore.yale.edu
More at fore.yale.edu
August 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Our future depends on whether we see ourselves as separate or as one sacred community with the Earth. 🌍✨
More at fore.yale.edu
More at fore.yale.edu
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A call to reshape the human venture toward a more benign presence on Earth — what he called the Great Work of our time.
Presented by Sam King, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
What’s one “Great Work” you feel called to take on?
Presented by Sam King, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
What’s one “Great Work” you feel called to take on?
August 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A call to reshape the human venture toward a more benign presence on Earth — what he called the Great Work of our time.
Presented by Sam King, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
What’s one “Great Work” you feel called to take on?
Presented by Sam King, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
What’s one “Great Work” you feel called to take on?
A call to reshape the human venture toward a more benign presence on Earth — what he called the Great Work of our time.
Presented by Sam King, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
What’s one “Great Work” you feel called to take on?
Presented by Sam King, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
What’s one “Great Work” you feel called to take on?
August 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A call to reshape the human venture toward a more benign presence on Earth — what he called the Great Work of our time.
Presented by Sam King, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
What’s one “Great Work” you feel called to take on?
Presented by Sam King, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
What’s one “Great Work” you feel called to take on?
Rev. Dr. Andy Barnett shares how faith, justice, and sustainability shape his work.
Full interview: yaleseries.com
Full interview: yaleseries.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Rev. Dr. Andy Barnett shares how faith, justice, and sustainability shape his work.
Full interview: yaleseries.com
Full interview: yaleseries.com
“It’s easier to focus on what unites us than on what divides us when you’re singing next to somebody.” Rev. Dr. Andy Barnett
What’s a song that’s helped you feel part of something bigger?
Watch the full interview at yalesseriess.com
What’s a song that’s helped you feel part of something bigger?
Watch the full interview at yalesseriess.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“It’s easier to focus on what unites us than on what divides us when you’re singing next to somebody.” Rev. Dr. Andy Barnett
What’s a song that’s helped you feel part of something bigger?
Watch the full interview at yalesseriess.com
What’s a song that’s helped you feel part of something bigger?
Watch the full interview at yalesseriess.com
“The Earth is an awesome mystery, as fragile as we are ourselves… exploitation of the Earth is exploitation of the human.” —Thomas Berry
To harm Earth is to harm ourselves.
To protect her is to protect our shared future.
What would change if we lived as if this were true?
To harm Earth is to harm ourselves.
To protect her is to protect our shared future.
What would change if we lived as if this were true?
August 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“The Earth is an awesome mystery, as fragile as we are ourselves… exploitation of the Earth is exploitation of the human.” —Thomas Berry
To harm Earth is to harm ourselves.
To protect her is to protect our shared future.
What would change if we lived as if this were true?
To harm Earth is to harm ourselves.
To protect her is to protect our shared future.
What would change if we lived as if this were true?
Ecological Civilization asks us to rethink what it means to flourish.
Rooted in Chinese ecological thought and carried through global interfaith traditions, this emerging paradigm places Earth, not empire, at the center.
Learn more at fore.yale.edu
Rooted in Chinese ecological thought and carried through global interfaith traditions, this emerging paradigm places Earth, not empire, at the center.
Learn more at fore.yale.edu
August 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Ecological Civilization asks us to rethink what it means to flourish.
Rooted in Chinese ecological thought and carried through global interfaith traditions, this emerging paradigm places Earth, not empire, at the center.
Learn more at fore.yale.edu
Rooted in Chinese ecological thought and carried through global interfaith traditions, this emerging paradigm places Earth, not empire, at the center.
Learn more at fore.yale.edu
We live in a marvelous world—creative, intelligent, alive.
Living Earth Community gathers voices across disciplines to explore our sacred relationship with the more-than-human world. It invites us to reimagine belonging on a living planet.
Coming soon.
Living Earth Community gathers voices across disciplines to explore our sacred relationship with the more-than-human world. It invites us to reimagine belonging on a living planet.
Coming soon.
August 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We live in a marvelous world—creative, intelligent, alive.
Living Earth Community gathers voices across disciplines to explore our sacred relationship with the more-than-human world. It invites us to reimagine belonging on a living planet.
Coming soon.
Living Earth Community gathers voices across disciplines to explore our sacred relationship with the more-than-human world. It invites us to reimagine belonging on a living planet.
Coming soon.
“What we do to the forests is a mirror of what we do to ourselves.” Mahatma Gandhi
Ecological civilization begins when we treat Earth not as resource, but as relationship.
Ecological civilization begins when we treat Earth not as resource, but as relationship.
August 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“What we do to the forests is a mirror of what we do to ourselves.” Mahatma Gandhi
Ecological civilization begins when we treat Earth not as resource, but as relationship.
Ecological civilization begins when we treat Earth not as resource, but as relationship.
Care begins with curiosity.
Stewardship begins with wonder.
There is no ecological future without love.
Stewardship begins with wonder.
There is no ecological future without love.
August 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Care begins with curiosity.
Stewardship begins with wonder.
There is no ecological future without love.
Stewardship begins with wonder.
There is no ecological future without love.
📖 The New Ecozoic Reader is coming!
This volume connects Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Mohawk wisdom, blending academic rigor with creative reflection—a testament to the Great Work of our time curated by a diverse group of scholars, faith leaders, and cultural workers.
Stay tuned!
This volume connects Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Mohawk wisdom, blending academic rigor with creative reflection—a testament to the Great Work of our time curated by a diverse group of scholars, faith leaders, and cultural workers.
Stay tuned!
August 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📖 The New Ecozoic Reader is coming!
This volume connects Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Mohawk wisdom, blending academic rigor with creative reflection—a testament to the Great Work of our time curated by a diverse group of scholars, faith leaders, and cultural workers.
Stay tuned!
This volume connects Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Mohawk wisdom, blending academic rigor with creative reflection—a testament to the Great Work of our time curated by a diverse group of scholars, faith leaders, and cultural workers.
Stay tuned!
“Awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your current understanding of the world.” Dacher Keltner
✨ What moment of wonder shifted your perspective?
🌍 Living Earth Community is coming soon!
✨ What moment of wonder shifted your perspective?
🌍 Living Earth Community is coming soon!
July 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“Awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your current understanding of the world.” Dacher Keltner
✨ What moment of wonder shifted your perspective?
🌍 Living Earth Community is coming soon!
✨ What moment of wonder shifted your perspective?
🌍 Living Earth Community is coming soon!
Stephen Blackmer, chaplain of Church of the Woods, shares in the Reflections on Religion & Ecology: Yale Alumni Speak from the Field series how theology and forest conservation converged in his life.
▶️ Tune in: yaleseries.com
🌱 What’s one way you feel nature has shaped your spiritual life?
▶️ Tune in: yaleseries.com
🌱 What’s one way you feel nature has shaped your spiritual life?
July 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Stephen Blackmer, chaplain of Church of the Woods, shares in the Reflections on Religion & Ecology: Yale Alumni Speak from the Field series how theology and forest conservation converged in his life.
▶️ Tune in: yaleseries.com
🌱 What’s one way you feel nature has shaped your spiritual life?
▶️ Tune in: yaleseries.com
🌱 What’s one way you feel nature has shaped your spiritual life?
Native communities safeguarded these survival values long before climate change hit our radar. They’re on the frontlines of resistance, reminding us that true balance isn’t optional—it’s how we endure.
How will you weave Indigenous wisdom into your climate action?
How will you weave Indigenous wisdom into your climate action?
July 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Native communities safeguarded these survival values long before climate change hit our radar. They’re on the frontlines of resistance, reminding us that true balance isn’t optional—it’s how we endure.
How will you weave Indigenous wisdom into your climate action?
How will you weave Indigenous wisdom into your climate action?
Not just a site—a shift.
The Living Earth Community offers tools to reframe learning through the lens of ecological sacredness.
Launching in October.
Will your classroom be ready?
The Living Earth Community offers tools to reframe learning through the lens of ecological sacredness.
Launching in October.
Will your classroom be ready?
July 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Not just a site—a shift.
The Living Earth Community offers tools to reframe learning through the lens of ecological sacredness.
Launching in October.
Will your classroom be ready?
The Living Earth Community offers tools to reframe learning through the lens of ecological sacredness.
Launching in October.
Will your classroom be ready?
Haile Selassie's birthday echoes like drumbeats through Rastafari communities.
To many, he is the Black Messiah who reclaims dignity through liberation.
In her interview, Blair Nelsen doesn't just reflect on spiritual ecology—she roots it in memory.
Watch the full interview at yaleseries.com
To many, he is the Black Messiah who reclaims dignity through liberation.
In her interview, Blair Nelsen doesn't just reflect on spiritual ecology—she roots it in memory.
Watch the full interview at yaleseries.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Haile Selassie's birthday echoes like drumbeats through Rastafari communities.
To many, he is the Black Messiah who reclaims dignity through liberation.
In her interview, Blair Nelsen doesn't just reflect on spiritual ecology—she roots it in memory.
Watch the full interview at yaleseries.com
To many, he is the Black Messiah who reclaims dignity through liberation.
In her interview, Blair Nelsen doesn't just reflect on spiritual ecology—she roots it in memory.
Watch the full interview at yaleseries.com
Blair Nelsen calls eco‑grief what it is: love that refuses to look away.
Watch her full interview in the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology series → yaleseries.com
Where are you turning grief into guardianship this week?
Watch her full interview in the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology series → yaleseries.com
Where are you turning grief into guardianship this week?
July 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Blair Nelsen calls eco‑grief what it is: love that refuses to look away.
Watch her full interview in the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology series → yaleseries.com
Where are you turning grief into guardianship this week?
Watch her full interview in the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology series → yaleseries.com
Where are you turning grief into guardianship this week?
Today, we pause to listen to the ancient voices in the wind, waves, and wilderness.
Our Reflections on Religion & Ecology series invites you to hear from Yale alumni who carry that same reverence into their work.
Watch the latest interviews at YaleSeries.com
Our Reflections on Religion & Ecology series invites you to hear from Yale alumni who carry that same reverence into their work.
Watch the latest interviews at YaleSeries.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today, we pause to listen to the ancient voices in the wind, waves, and wilderness.
Our Reflections on Religion & Ecology series invites you to hear from Yale alumni who carry that same reverence into their work.
Watch the latest interviews at YaleSeries.com
Our Reflections on Religion & Ecology series invites you to hear from Yale alumni who carry that same reverence into their work.
Watch the latest interviews at YaleSeries.com
The ecological crisis isn’t just about resources. It’s about relationship.
When we lose touch with the living world—its beauty, its mystery, its intelligence—we also lose our capacity to care for it.
Watch the latest interview in Reflections on Religion & Ecology
YaleSeries.com
When we lose touch with the living world—its beauty, its mystery, its intelligence—we also lose our capacity to care for it.
Watch the latest interview in Reflections on Religion & Ecology
YaleSeries.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The ecological crisis isn’t just about resources. It’s about relationship.
When we lose touch with the living world—its beauty, its mystery, its intelligence—we also lose our capacity to care for it.
Watch the latest interview in Reflections on Religion & Ecology
YaleSeries.com
When we lose touch with the living world—its beauty, its mystery, its intelligence—we also lose our capacity to care for it.
Watch the latest interview in Reflections on Religion & Ecology
YaleSeries.com
If we don’t preach on climate now, will we only preach on grief later?
Rev. Jim Antal asked this 15 years ago. Now, his words ring louder than ever.
Reflections on Religion & Ecology is a new Yale series spotlighting spiritual leaders who aren't waiting for permission.
Watch now: YaleSeries.com
Rev. Jim Antal asked this 15 years ago. Now, his words ring louder than ever.
Reflections on Religion & Ecology is a new Yale series spotlighting spiritual leaders who aren't waiting for permission.
Watch now: YaleSeries.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If we don’t preach on climate now, will we only preach on grief later?
Rev. Jim Antal asked this 15 years ago. Now, his words ring louder than ever.
Reflections on Religion & Ecology is a new Yale series spotlighting spiritual leaders who aren't waiting for permission.
Watch now: YaleSeries.com
Rev. Jim Antal asked this 15 years ago. Now, his words ring louder than ever.
Reflections on Religion & Ecology is a new Yale series spotlighting spiritual leaders who aren't waiting for permission.
Watch now: YaleSeries.com
"You're supposed to be a minister, not an academician."
Henri Nouwen's words to a young Jim Antal weren't a critique—they were a calling.
This is the power of intergenerational torch-passing: one story, one act of courage, one voice at a time.
Watch Jim's full interview now: YaleSeries.com
Henri Nouwen's words to a young Jim Antal weren't a critique—they were a calling.
This is the power of intergenerational torch-passing: one story, one act of courage, one voice at a time.
Watch Jim's full interview now: YaleSeries.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"You're supposed to be a minister, not an academician."
Henri Nouwen's words to a young Jim Antal weren't a critique—they were a calling.
This is the power of intergenerational torch-passing: one story, one act of courage, one voice at a time.
Watch Jim's full interview now: YaleSeries.com
Henri Nouwen's words to a young Jim Antal weren't a critique—they were a calling.
This is the power of intergenerational torch-passing: one story, one act of courage, one voice at a time.
Watch Jim's full interview now: YaleSeries.com
This series is more than interviews — it’s sacred storytelling for a planet in crisis.
Every week we’ll spotlight Yale alumni reimagining the future of faith and ecology.
First up: Rev. Jim Antal.
🌍 Watch and reflect: yaleseries.com
#ReflectionsOnReligionAndEcology #YaleAlumni #SpiritualEcology
Every week we’ll spotlight Yale alumni reimagining the future of faith and ecology.
First up: Rev. Jim Antal.
🌍 Watch and reflect: yaleseries.com
#ReflectionsOnReligionAndEcology #YaleAlumni #SpiritualEcology
July 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This series is more than interviews — it’s sacred storytelling for a planet in crisis.
Every week we’ll spotlight Yale alumni reimagining the future of faith and ecology.
First up: Rev. Jim Antal.
🌍 Watch and reflect: yaleseries.com
#ReflectionsOnReligionAndEcology #YaleAlumni #SpiritualEcology
Every week we’ll spotlight Yale alumni reimagining the future of faith and ecology.
First up: Rev. Jim Antal.
🌍 Watch and reflect: yaleseries.com
#ReflectionsOnReligionAndEcology #YaleAlumni #SpiritualEcology
“We were never promised any of it — this world of cottonwoods and clouds — when the Big Bang set the possible in motion. And yet here we are.” Maria Popova
We hold space for our gratitude and our determination to protect this precious world.
How do you nurture hope in your ecological journey?
We hold space for our gratitude and our determination to protect this precious world.
How do you nurture hope in your ecological journey?
July 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“We were never promised any of it — this world of cottonwoods and clouds — when the Big Bang set the possible in motion. And yet here we are.” Maria Popova
We hold space for our gratitude and our determination to protect this precious world.
How do you nurture hope in your ecological journey?
We hold space for our gratitude and our determination to protect this precious world.
How do you nurture hope in your ecological journey?
This isn’t just about climate.
It’s about connection.
The kind we forgot when we traded reciprocity for extraction, and relationships for resources.
Ecology isn’t some distant issue “out there.” It’s here. It’s us.
It’s about connection.
The kind we forgot when we traded reciprocity for extraction, and relationships for resources.
Ecology isn’t some distant issue “out there.” It’s here. It’s us.
July 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This isn’t just about climate.
It’s about connection.
The kind we forgot when we traded reciprocity for extraction, and relationships for resources.
Ecology isn’t some distant issue “out there.” It’s here. It’s us.
It’s about connection.
The kind we forgot when we traded reciprocity for extraction, and relationships for resources.
Ecology isn’t some distant issue “out there.” It’s here. It’s us.
This week, we pause to honor the profound intergenerational love that sustains the religion and ecology field—a love that fuels commitment, nurtures hope, and bridges generations of scholars, activists, and spiritual leaders.
How does this love inspire your work or your faith?
How does this love inspire your work or your faith?
July 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This week, we pause to honor the profound intergenerational love that sustains the religion and ecology field—a love that fuels commitment, nurtures hope, and bridges generations of scholars, activists, and spiritual leaders.
How does this love inspire your work or your faith?
How does this love inspire your work or your faith?