In order to correct this, we must adopt a unifying story that highlights humanity’s role in the natural world. Specifically how “we fulfill our role in the earth process...as the way now is the way of intimate communion with the larger human community and with the universe itself” (Ibid 137). Instead of emphasizing a human differentiation from the universe, we must promote unity. By spreading this message, we could potentially mark the entrance into a new geological era called “The Ecozoic Era.” In this time period the universe is a community of living things as opposed to a collection of objects, meaning that “every being has its own place and its own proper role in the functioning of the planet…” (Berry). However, after reading Thomas Berry’s proposition one may wonder, how is it possible to effectively communicate a new approach to
In order to correct this, we must adopt a unifying story that highlights humanity’s role in the natural world. Specifically how “we fulfill our role in the earth process...as the way now is the way of intimate communion with the larger human community and with the universe itself” (Ibid 137). Instead of emphasizing a human differentiation from the universe, we must promote unity. By spreading this message, we could potentially mark the entrance into a new geological era called “The Ecozoic Era.” In this time period the universe is a community of living things as opposed to a collection of objects, meaning that “every being has its own place and its own proper role in the functioning of the planet…” (Berry). However, after reading Thomas Berry’s proposition one may wonder, how is it possible to effectively communicate a new approach to