Dive deep into the spiritual journeys of some of the most profound modern contemplatives with our weekly class on Modern Mystics. Each week, we will immerse ourselves in the lives of inspiring figures such as Henri Nouwen, Howard Thurman, Simone Weil, Thomas Merton, Nicholas Black Elk, and many more.
Tonight’s class will feature Part 2 of our discussion on Thomas Berry.
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Course Overview: Module 6 – Thomas Berry: Spiritual Master of the Ecozoic Era
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Welcome to a rich encounter with one of the visionaries of this Earth moment! Sage, monk, shaman, poet, geologian, path-finder and guide to a new Earth future - the world-class seer Thomas Berry embodies and teaches a way to realize our cosmic vocation by way of a New Story and an urgent summons to take up The Great Work of healing our desolating relationship with Earth by embodying a cosmology of peace. Meet the wisdom keeper of the age to come as we practice our way into new modes of intimacy and communion with all our kin in this still unfolding, mysterious universe.
Meet Your Speaker
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Kathleen Noone Deignan, CND, PhD, is a sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame and Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at Iona University. She now serves as founding director of the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit, a multi-faceted project in support of the cultivation of global citizens for the emergence of a global ecological civilization. A GreenFaith Fellow since 2008 and recipient of its “Spirit Award,” Dr. Deignan is an alumna of Fordham University, where she studied with her mentor Thomas Berry, earning a Master’s Degree in the History of Christian Spirituality and a Doctorate in Historical Theology. She is presently composing Thomas Berry: A Book of Hours
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