Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Thomas Berry and the Arc of History xiii
5. 1. An Independent Youth 1
6. 2. The Call to Contemplation 19
7. 3. Studying History and Living History 43
8. 4. The Struggle to Teach 64
9. 5. From Human History to Earth History 83
10. 6. From New Story to Universe Story 106
11. 7. Evoking the Great Work 137
12. 8. Coming Home 155
13. 9. Narratives of Time 183
14. 10. Teilhard and the Zest for Life 202
15. 11. Confucian Integration of Cosmos, Earth, and Humans 222
16. 12. Indigenous Traditions of the Giving Earth 240
17. Epilogue 261
18. Appendix: Thomas Berry Timeline, 1914–2009 265
19. Notes 269
20. Bibliography 311
21. Index 329