Bibliography - Evolutionary Spirituality for Global Engagement (Wini Wolff)

Wini Wolff has provided a bibliography for her exceptional presentation

Thanks to Ginny McEvoy for providing this screen shot image

The April 30th Mini Mac Event - Evolutionary Spirituality for Global Engagement with Wini Wolff was not only very well received by a Zoom gathering of over 50 participants from many countries, but in several ways it was an important moment for us to better understand and incorporate evolutionary spirituality into our individual and collective lives within the Maryknoll Affiliate Movement. Much of the presentation’s content will become a discussion jumping off point in upcoming Board meetings and other gatherings.

“...there was a remarkable zoom conference sponsored by the Maryknoll affiliates last Saturday with Wini Wolff on the New Story and its global implications with more than 50 participants. Methinks it could be a watershed for Maryknoll and mission.” (Judy Ress, Chile)”

Wini’s presentation (& including a moving and beautiful guided meditation by her husband, Tony Medwid) touched on a new theology of evolution that will help us to renew the vital religious dimension of life (Life).

Bibliography

Evolutionary Spirituality for Global Engagement Annotated Bibliography a selection of recommended reading Maryknoll Affiliates Mini-MAC April 30, 2022 Wini Wolff

  • Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme. The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era, A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos. (1992). (An epic telling of the breathtaking unfolding of the universe. A classic.)

  • Thomas Berry. The Great Work: Our Way into the Future. (1999). (An exploration of how to move from a period of human devastation of the planet, to a period when human beings act in a way beneficial to all life and planet Earth itself.)

  • Beatrice Bruteau. God’s Ecstasy: The Creation of a Self-Creating World. (1997). (A beautifully written, multidisciplinary “book on science for Christians” as seen through contemplative eyes.)

  • Ilia Delio. The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution, and the Power of Love. (2013). (Building on Teilhard, a rich and nuanced recasting of Christianity in an evolutionary world. Love – God – is the fundamental energy of the universe, unfolding all that is toward wholeness.)

  • Michael Dowd. Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion will Transform Your Life and Our World. (2009). (An easy-to-read, non-dogmatic, down to earth perspective on how an evolutionary perspective can deepen and enrich every aspect of our lives.)

  • John F Haught. Making Sense of Evolution: Darwin, God, and the Drama of Human Life. (2010). (A nuanced “conversation” between contemporary, Christian faith and modern, scientific understanding of the universe.)

  • Barbara Marx Hubbard. Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of our Social Potential. (1998). (An inspiring and uplifting invitation to humanity to play a conscious, collective role in co-creating our planet and the future.)

  • Robert Kegan. The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development. (1982). (Excellent application of how the universal pattern of emergence takes place in the developmental trajectory of an individual human life – toward more complexity, higher awareness, and greater freedom.)

  • Diarmuid O’Murchu. Doing Theology in an Evolutionary Way. (2021). (Stimulating, leading-edge theological perspective that sees the Great Spirit energizing the unfolding universe, in a way that transcends typical distinctions between sacred and secular.)

  • Carter Phipps. Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science’s Greatest Idea. (2012). (Excellent, easy to read book looks at the implications of evolution on all aspects of life, including science, culture and spirituality.)

  • Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The Human Phenomenon. (1959). (Perhaps the book that started it all. Certainly the most cited author in evolutionary spirituality.)

  • Ken Wilber. Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World. (2007). (Comprehensive, inclusive, integral approach to spirituality which honors and integrates traditional wisdom, modern empiricism, and postmodern contextual perspectives.)

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