The 'Great Work' of the religious traditions of our time...

“In our contemplation of how tragic moments of disintegration over the course of the centuries were followed by immensely creative moments of renewal, we receive our great hope for the future. To initiate and guide this next creative moment of the story of the Earth is the Great Work of the religions of the world as we move on into the future.”
-Thomas Berry, “Religion in the Twenty-first Century,” in The Sacred Universe, 87
(Source: http://thomasberry.org/quotes)

In this book, Thomas Berry makes a persuasive case for an inter-religious dialogue that can better confront the environmental problems of the twenty-first century.  More