Living Cosmology: Christian Responses to Journey of the Universe

November 7-9, 2014
Yale Divinity School

Organized by the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology in honor of Thomas Berry's 100th birthday, “Living Cosmology” offered participants an opportunity to hear from dozens of scholars and religious practitioners on the Christian response to the Emmy Award winning film, Journey of the Universe. This free conference opened Friday evening with a reception and screening of the film and closed Sunday evening with a celebratory service.

 

Conference Program  
Program for Celebratory Service
Biographies of Participants
Photos

Video of all panels and presentations

Articles:

“Yale conference continues Journey of the Universe
By Jamie Manson
National Catholic Reporter, November 21, 2014

 

Recommended Reading for Conference Participants:

Thomas Berry: Reflections on his Life and Thought”
By John Grim & Mary Evelyn Tucker
Teilhard Studies Number 61, Fall 2010

Teilhard de Chardin: A Short Biography”
By John Grim & Mary Evelyn Tucker

Teilhard’s Vision of Evolution”
By John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Teilhard Studies Number 50, Spring 2005

The Ecological Spirituality of Teilhard”
By Mary Evelyn Tucker
Teilhard Studies Number 51, Fall 2005

Being Human in the Age of Humans”
By Rick Potts
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian, Winter 2013

 

Support for the Living Cosmology Conference is gratefully acknowledged from:
Yale Divinity School
Porter Fund, Berkeley Divinity School
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Germeshausen Foundation
Engelhard Foundation
Reverend Albert Neilson
Marianne and Jim Welch

 

A collection of the “Living Cosmology” conference papers published by Orbis Books is now available:

Living Cosmology: Christian Responses to Journey of the Universe
Edited by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
Foreword by Brian Thomas Swimme
Ecology & Justice Orbis Series
Orbis Books, 2016
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