Tao of Liberation: Exploring the Ecology of Transformation
Tao of Liberation: Exploring the Ecology of Transformation
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| ISBN-13: | 9781608330911 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Orbis |
| Publication date: | 04/26/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 2 MB |
About the Author
Leonardo Boff is Brazil's best-known theologian, author of more than sixty books on liberation theology, ecology, and spirituality including Ecology and Liberation and Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor. In 2001 he received the prestigious Right Livelihood Award.
Table of Contents
Foreword xiii
About the Tao Te Ching xxi
Prologue xxiii
1 Seeking Wisdom in a Time of Crisis 1
The Crisis of the Earth: A Cosmic Perspective 4
The Search for Wisdom 7
Exploring the Obstacles 8
Delving Deeper: Cosmology and Liberation 10
The Ecology of Transformation 10
Part I Exploring The Obstacles
2 Unmasking a Pathological System 15
Cancerous Growth 22
Distorted Development 33
Corporate Rule 40
Parasitic Finance 45
Monoculture of the Mind 50
Power as Domination 53
From Pathology to Health 55
3 Beyond Domination 62
Deep Ecology 63
Ecofeminism 67
The Origins of Patriarchy and Anthropocentrism 69
Global Capitalism: An Androcentric System 74
Reconstructing Power 81
4 Overcoming Paralysis: Renewing the Psyche 86
The Dynamics of Powerlessness 88
Systemic Reinforcements 96
Delving Deeper: Perspectives from Ecopsychology 105
From Paralysis to Reconnection 117
Part 2 Cosmology And Liberation
5 Rediscovering Cosmology 129
Traditional Cosmologies 131
The Loss of Cosmology in the West 134
Cosmology and Transformation 137
6 The Cosmology of Domination 141
From Organism to Machine: The Death of the Living Cosmos 144
Reducing the Whole to Parts: Atomic Materialism 148
Subduing Nature: The Quest for Control 151
Eternity, Determinism, and the Loss of Purpose 155
Private Gain, Progress, and the Survival of the Fittest 158
A Cosmology of Exploitation and Despair 162
Moving beyond Mechanism 165
7 Transcending Matter: The Holistic Microcosm 168
Thinglessness 172
Radical Relationality 177
The Pregnant Void 180
The Immanence of Mind 182
The Holographic Cosmos 187
Quantum Holism192
8 Complexity, Chaos, and Creativity 195
Exploring Systems Theory 199
The Emergence of Creativity and Mind 205
Complexity and Transformation 210
9 Memory, Morphic Resonance, and Emergence 218
The Reverberations of Memory 222
Beyond Genetic Determinism 229
From Eternal Laws to Evolving Habits 235
Creativity and Change 240
Morphic Resonance and Transformative Praxis 243
10 The Cosmos as Revelation 246
Cosmogenesis 249
The Unfolding of Life 253
Gaia: The Living Earth 261
A Sense of Purpose 271
The Wisdom of the Cosmos 278
Reinventing the Human 289
The Earth Charter as a Common Framework 298
Part 3 The Tao Of Liberation
11 Spirituality for an Ecozoic Era 309
Understanding Spirituality 311
Ecology, Spirituality, and the Christian Tradition 317
The Role of Religions 335
12 The Ecology of Transformation 343
Conceiving a New Vision 351
A Fourfold Path toward Liberation 369
Continuing the Journey 392
References 393
Additional Reading 402
Index 404
What People are Saying About This
"There is no other book that has so carefully identified the new cosmology of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme as a liberating context for a sustainable future. This is a masterful and important work."--(Mary Evelyn Tucker, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale University and author of Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase)
"I love this book. Its inspiration lives up to its ambition - leading the reader through some of the most complex issues of our age (from globalization and the current recession to climate change and loss of species) while illuminating a path forward through religion and spirituality. Having had the great privilege of serving on the Earth Charter Commission with Leonardo Boff, it was not a new idea that our values and our faith have immediate relevance to the current interlocking web of crises in which we find ourselves. Together he and Mark Hathaway have written a transcendent work of eco-liberation and planetary survival."--(Elizabeth May, O.C., Leader, Green Party of Canada)
"The Tao of Liberation is a path-breaking book. It brings together the insights of cosmology, ecology, and spirituality in a fresh and powerful way. With their creative collaboration, Mark Hathaway and Leonardo Boff offer us a remarkable new synthesis which will surely becoming an enduring classic."--(Brian Swimme, Ph.D., Director, Center for the Story of the Universe, California Institute of Integral Studies and author of The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos and co-author of The Universe Story)