In our latest episode of the Journey of the Universe: 10 Years Later podcast, Sam King speaks with Ursula Goodenough about her new edition of The Sacred Depths of Nature. Dr. Goodenough discusses the origins of life, the awareness of cells, and the place of religious naturalism in building a global environmental ethic.
Ursula Goodenough is an emerita professor of biology at Washington University where her teaching and research focused on cell biology and evolution. Her influential book, The Sacred Depths of Nature, explores the religious potential of science-based understandings of the natural world.
Deeptime Leadership Practicum
Module 3: Deeptime Leadership & Personal Empowerment Program
10-week course: April 6 - June 17, 2022
The program started in the first module with an introduction to the New Cosmology and moved in the second module to applying the New Cosmology in fields from education, therapy, activism, and more. The third module is a practicum in which participants work in their own programs individually or in groups. The synergy of a global deeptime community continues to grow as people give and receive support across the world. Registration is open to people who have already had experience with the New Cosmology. Speakers include Stephan Martin, Brian Thomas Swimme, Imogene Drummond, Ursula Goodenough, Rev. Matthew Cobb, Herman Greene, Dr. Marianne Rowe, Jennifer Morgan, Orla Hazra, Cliff Berrien, Margie Abbot, Gail Worcelo, Coleen and Duane Elgin, Penny Andrews, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Denise Tangney, Sarbmeet Kanwal, Yona FrenchHawk, Robert Athickal, John Leydon, and Elizabeth (Bing) Carranza. For more information, contact Jennifer Morgan.
Upcoming Events
“The Language of Trees”
With Alison Hawthorne Deming, Kathleen Dean Moore, and Mary Evelyn Tucker
April 26, 2022, Online at 2:00 PM EDT
Register for this online Zoom event here.
“The Language of Trees” will feature a conversation between Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of "Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit", and Kathleen Dean Moore, author of "Earth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World." The event will foster a dialogue around the language of trees and of animals. Moderating the event is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and co-founder of Yale’s Forum on Religion and Ecology.
Hosted by Orion Magazine, The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment, Yale Forest Forum, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, and Yale Environmental Humanities
Celebrate the Ten Year Anniversary of Journey of the Universe. Join us for a film screening and discussion with Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, and Sam King. Box lunch included, along with a copy of the Journey of the Universe book. For more information, contact S. Jeanne Clark, OP.
Keynote by John F. Haught, PhD on “Teilhard, Einstein, and the Meaning of Time”
Panel Discussion on “The Impact of Teilhard on My Personal and Professional Life” with Celia Ashton, OCD, DDS, Joshua Canzona, PhD, Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp, MDiv, STM, and Elizabeth Osgood, CND, PhD, PEng. Moderated by Andrew Del Rossi, ThD.
What does it mean that the stars are our ancestors? This retreat will consider how the story of the universe is awakening new possibilities for education in a planetary era. Designed for a wide range of educators, this retreat will draw on the Emmy Award-winning film Journey of the Universe and the legacies of Maria Montessori, Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, and Thomas Berry. It will combine contemplative practices with discussions of how we can orient young people to an animate and interconnected Earth community. At a time of ecological crisis, this retreat will offer hopeful strategies for helping future generations take up what Thomas Berry called the Great Work--the transition to an era of human-Earth flourishing.
This recent episode of Spotlights features Sam King, a Research Associate for the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology and a graduate student in Religion and Ecology at Yale Divinity School. Sam discusses many facets of his engagement with religion, ecology, and cosmology, such as his work with the Journey of the Universe project, including a podcast reflecting on developments in the ten years since the film and book were released, “Journey of the Universe: 10 Years Later.” He also elaborates on his contributions to the development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Religion and Ecology.
On April 20th, Thomas Berry Place was officially opened in a refurbished Passionist retreat house in Jamaica, New York. Named for the great cultural historian and Passionist priest Thomas Berry, the Place will include an indoor hydroponic garden, solar panels, a Reconnect job training center, and a residence for women leaving the prison system.
In Cooperation with the International Council of Environmental Law and the Global Center for Environmental Law of Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim screened Journey of the Universe at this conference on international environmental law.
In "Break Down to Break Through: A Cosmic Way Forward," Jennifer Morgan, founder of the Deeptime Network, will explore how science is leading to new understandings of the universe. In this timely and inspiring presentation, Jennifer explores important questions. How are we to make sense of the traumatic shift happening on the planet right now? Can a deeptime perspective help us see that this is one way that the Cosmos moves forward? At this pivotal time in history, we find ourselves in the midst of a stunningly dynamic cosmic process that reaches through the stars, galaxies, and the Earth into the innermost depths of our being.
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