ENV333H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: The Confusion, Major Religious Groups, Gaia Hypothesis
23 Nov 2020
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The new story - thomas berry, cp #21. The old story provided a context in which life could function in a meaningful manner. Presently this traditional story is dysfunctional in its larger social dimensions, even though some believe it firmly and act according to its guidance. Aware of the dysfunctional aspects of the traditional program, some persons have moved on into different, often new-age orientations, which have consistently proved ineffective in dealing with our present situation. Our secular society remains without satisfactory meaning or the social discipline needed for a life leading to emotional, aesthetic, and spiritual fulfillment. Because of this lack of satisfaction many persons are returning to a religious fundamentalism but that too can be seen as inadequate to supply the values for sustaining our needed social discipline. We need something that will supply in our times what was supplied formerly by our traditional religious story.
