Conferences

Conference Agenda

Participant Biographies

Ecosystems Management: Alignment and Ethics

Discussion Leaders:

Oswald Schmitz, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Willis Jenkins, Yale Divinity School

Respondents:

Brendan Mackey, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University

J. Baird Callicott, University of North Texas

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Earth History: Interaction of Matter and Life

Jeffrey Park, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies

Craig Kochel, Bucknell University

Leo Hickey, Peabody Museum, Yale University

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Education: Teaching the Epic of Evolution

Eric Chaisson, Tufts University & Harvard University

Ursula Goodenough, Washington University

Scott Sampson, University of Utah

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Education: Teaching the Epic of Evolution

Peter Brown, McGill University
Can the Journey of the Universe Worldview Guide Us in the Anthropocene?
Syllabus: Civilization and Environment

Cynthia Brown, Dominican University

Larry Edwards, Genesis Farm

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Language of Participation

Indigenous traditions: John Grim, Yale University

Eco-feminism: Heather Eaton, St. Paul University

Metaphor and Analogy: Kathleen Dean Moore, Oregon State University

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The Power of Story

Scott Russell Sanders, Indiana University Emeritus, Author of Hunting for Hope

Terry Tempest Williams, Author of Refuge and Finding Beauty in a Broken World

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The Challenges to Telling the Darwinian Story

John Haught, Georgetown University

Ann Berry Somers, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Dan Spencer, University of Montana

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Earth Charter: Global Ethics & Cosmology

Steven Rockefeller, Middlebury College Emeritus
Earth Charter Ethics and Finding Meaning in an Evolving Universe
A Short History of the Earth Charter Initiative

Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University            

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Christianity, Ecology, and the Universe Story

Ann Marie Dalton, St. Mary’s University

Larry Rasmussen, Union Theological Seminary, emeritus

Fred Simmons, Yale Divinity School‍

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World Religions, Ecology, and the Universe Story

Christopher Chapple, Loyola Marymount University
Jainism, Life, and Environmental Ethics
Religious Narratives, Scientific Narrative, and Environmental Awareness

David Haberman, Indiana University

Reflections by Tom Lovejoy at the Peabody Museum

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Comments from Panelists at World Premiere of Journey of the Universe at Yale

Steve Kellert

Kathleen Dean Moore

Jonathan Schell

JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE
AND THE WORLD RELIGIONS

Conference at Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua, NY, USA

June 24-28, 2013

Articles from The Chautauquan Daily


"Journey of the Universe and the World Religions"
(Mary Evelyn Tucker)

"The Native American Response to Journey of the Universe"
(John Grim)

"The Abrahamic Response to Journey of the Universe"
(Rabbi Lawrence Troster, Heather Eaton, and Safei Eldin Hamed)

"The South Asian Response to Journey of the Universe"
(David Haberman, Christopher Ives, and Christopher Key Chapple)

"Daoism, Ecology, and Journey of the Universe "
(James Miller)

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LIVING COSMOLOGY BOOK NOW AVAILABLE

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VIDEOS FROM LIVING COSMOLOGY: CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE

November 7-9, 2014

Yale Divinity School
409 Prospect St.
New Haven, CT

We are very grateful to Rachel Myslivy, University of Kansas,
for producing the following videos.

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The Influence of Teilhard de Chardin

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Thomas Berry and The New Story

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Views of the Divine

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Seeds, Soil, and Food

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Water

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Ecojustice

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Ecofeminism

Environmental Ethics

Cosmology, Law, and Earth Jurisprudence

Cosmological Spirituality

Visions for an Evolving Christianity

Celebratory Service

We thank Brian Smith for the following video.

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LIVING COSMOLOGY: CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE

November 7-9, 2014

Yale Divinity School
409 Prospect St.
New Haven, CT

Organized by the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale 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.

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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Conference Program  

Program for Celebratory Service
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Biographies of Participants

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Articles:

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

“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

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"Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design and Journey of the Universe"
October 9-12, 2014

A Conference for Teachers and Administrators
Lawrenceville School
2500 Main Street
Lawrenceville, NJ

Conference Presenters: Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, Ursula Goodenough, Julianne Lutz Warren, Thomas Collins, Kevin Mattingly

Supported by the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale, the Lawrenceville School, and the Kalliopeia Foundation.

Contact: journeyoftheuniverse@lawrenceville.org

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"Journey of the Universe and High School Teaching and Learning"
October 4-6, 2013

A conference for teachers and administrators

Lawrenceville School
2500 Main Street
Lawrenceville, NJ

Conference presenters: Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, R. Craig Kochel, David Grant, Thomas Collins, and Kevin Mattingly

Click here for the brochure.

Contact: journeyoftheuniverse@lawrenceville.org