The New Story
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The New Story is Thomas Berry’s influential essay proposing a transformative cosmological narrative that integrates scientific understanding with spiritual and ecological awareness to guide humanity’s relationship with the Earth.
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| The New Story canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
environmental humanities text
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essay ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ theological work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
guide humanity’s relationship with the Earth
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inspire ecological responsibility ⓘ provide an integrating narrative for science and religion ⓘ reorient education around the universe story ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Earth community
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Great Work ⓘ deep ecology ⓘ universe story ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Berry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
exploitative attitudes toward nature
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reductionist scientific materialism when divorced from meaning ⓘ the modern industrial worldview ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
integration of scientific knowledge into spiritual worldviews
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interdependence of all life ⓘ need for new cultural myths ⓘ reverence for the Earth ⓘ sacrality of the universe ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cosmology
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cultural transformation ⓘ need for a new guiding story for human civilization ⓘ religious imagination ⓘ transition from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
contemporary eco-theologians
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discourse on integral ecology in Catholic and Christian contexts ⓘ religious environmental movements ⓘ |
| influencedField |
eco-spirituality
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ecotheology ⓘ environmental ethics ⓘ integral ecology ⓘ religion and ecology ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
cosmology as foundation for ethics and institutions
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humans as a mode of Earth self-awareness ⓘ story as primary shaper of human culture ⓘ universe as a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cosmological narrative
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ecological awareness ⓘ integration of science and spirituality ⓘ planetary ethics ⓘ relationship between humanity and Earth ⓘ |
| proposes |
a new ecological orientation for human societies
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a transformative cosmological narrative ⓘ integration of scientific cosmology with spiritual meaning ⓘ |
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