Since the beginning of December an interesting series of interviews has been taking place on the internet regarding a shift in thinking due to the story of the universe as explained by Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme and many others:
http://evolutionarychristianity.com/ I direct you here because it is best to get a sense of the project as a whole before going to the download page. Nevertheless, the specific interviews can be found at
audio-downloads/
I draw your attention particularly to the intervention of Thomas Morewood. While you are there you might want to listen to some of the others as well. They include people like Diarmuid O'Murchu, Bishop Spong, Matthew Fox, and many others: Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical.
This shift in thinking is breaking out throughout the world and not just among Christians. While religion may have played a negative role in many moments of history -- and that story is far from over -- it must be noted that that role has been a failure of religion in its deepest sense rather than an expression if its role. There is an important job ahead to challenge religion to accept task of building a more human world by rethinking its whole set of traditions and finding for itself a very largely transformed role in our world.
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