This book guides the reader to the emerging Ecozoic Era when humans will be present upon the Earth in a mutually enhancing manner. Indeed, this book calls for an Ecozoic spirituality that is timely and much needed. It also illustrates an important direction for theology and spirituality and for deep ecumenism that is yet to be fully realized and opens more doors for such dialogue. By giving special attention to the integral relationship among God, the cosmos, and humanity, the works of Thomas Berry (1914–2009, USA) and Zhou Dunyi (1017–1073, China) provide insights that speak to the current ecological crisis, a cosmological context for developing an Ecozoic spirituality, while helping to advance clear values and ethical parameters that lead to a more authentic human presence on Earth.
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2015

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Sacred Journey of the Earth Community: Towards a Functional and Ecological Spirituality Via the Cosmologies of Thomas Berry and Zhou Dunyi

Kwang Sun Choi

Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter

Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York

Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated

Asian thought and culture, v. 72, 0 ed, New York, 2015

United States, United States of America

New edition, 2015

New, PS, 2015

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Cover 1
Table of Contents 11
Preface 15
Acknowledgments 19
Introduction 21
The Ecological Crisis Is the Spiritual Crisis 22
Thomas Berry and Zhou Dunyi 24
Cosmology and Spirituality 26
Cosmology 26
Spirituality 27
Methodology 28
Procedure 30
Chapter 1. The Christian Response to the Ecological Crisis 33
The Roots of the Ecological Crisis 34
Ecological Crisis 34
Review of Spiritualities and Their Relation to the Ecological Crisis 35
Christian Responses to the Ecological Crisis 39
The Stewardship and Egalitarian Responses 40
The Eco-Theological and Spiritual Responses 43
Cosmological Turn: Berry and Zhou 53
Concluding Remarks 56
Chapter 2. The Cosmology of Thomas Berry 59
Evolution of Berry’s Cosmology 60
Berry’s Intellectual Journey 60
Need for a Functional Cosmology 64
The New Story: The Manifestation of the Divine 66
The Epic of Evolution 71
The Universe as a Sequence of Irreversible Transformations 72
Reinvention of Humanity 76
Ecozoic Vision 79
Spirituality of the Earth 82
Concluding Remarks 84
Chapter 3. The Cosmology of Zhou Dunyi 89
Context of Zhou Dunyi’s Cosmology 91
Zhou Dunyi 91
Challenges and Influences from Buddhism and Daoism 92
Sources of Zhou’s Neo-Confucian Cosmology 93
Zhou’s Taiji (the Great Ultimate) Cosmology 98
The Inseparable Unity of the Universe and Ultimate Reality 98
The Way of Heaven and Earth 101
The Relationship between Part and Whole 106
Zhou’s Cosmological—Ethical Anthropology 109
Human Embodying with in the Process of the Universe 109
How to Be an Authentic Human: The Practice of Self-Cultivation 112
Forming a Trinity with Heaven and Earth 117
Concluding Remarks 119
Theocosmoanthropic Worldview 119
Chapter 4. An Emerging Functional and Ecological Spirituality 123
A Theology of Integrity among God, the Cosmos, and Humanity 124
Resource: The Cosmotheandric Vision of Raimon Panikkar 125
Towards Developing an Ecozoic Spirituality 131
The Transformation of Worldview, Human-Identity, and Human Behaviour 142
An Ecozoic and Organic Worldview 143
Human Identity as Participatory Responsibility 146
Human-Earth Relationship 150
The Practice of Ecological Virtues 154
Ecological Discernment 155
Eco-Justice 157
Ecological Ecumenism 158
Concluding Remarks 162
Conclusion 165
Summary and Contributions 165
Remaining Concerns: The Christian Faith Enhanced through Ecozoic Spirituality 169
Notes 171
Bibliography 183
Index 199

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