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题目:《宇宙之旅》(Journey of the Universe):宗教与生态

主讲人:Mary Evelyn Tucker博士(耶鲁大学资深讲师)

时间2017919日下午15:00-1700

地点:崇远楼二楼世界文化教室

主讲人简介:

Mary Evelyn TuckerisaSenior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale University.Sheteachesin a master's program in religion and ecology between the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Divinity School.Shefounded and directsthe Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale, which arose from a series of 10 conferences held from 1996 to 1998 at Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions.She is aseries editor of the10volumes that were published and distributed by Harvard University Press.

Mary Evelyn is a specialist in East Asian religions, especially Confucianism. She is the author ofMoral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese Neo-Confucianism(SUNY, 1989), andThe Philosophy of Qi(Columbia University, 2007).She has also edited two volumes onConfucian Spirituality(Continuum, 2003, 2004) andConfucianism and Ecology(Harvard, 1998). She is a member of the Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies at Harvard.

Her other books on religion and ecology includeBuddhism and Ecology(Harvard 1997),Hinduism and Ecology(Harvard 2000),Worldly Wonder(Open Court, 2003).

With Brian Swimme, Tuckercreated a multi-media project titledJourney of the Universe that includes a book with Yale University Press (2011), an Emmy award winning film, and a series ofConversations. They are now offering online classes from Yale drawing on these materials and on the worldview of Thomas Berry who inspired Journey of the Universe. Together they editedLiving Cosmology: Christian Responses to Journey of the Universe(Orbis Books, 2016).

Tuckerhelped Thomas Berry edit many of his essays for publication, includingThe Great Work(Random House, 1999),Evening Thoughts(University of California, 2006), andThe Sacred Universe(Columbia University, 2009). Tucker and Grim published Thomas Berry's essays,The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth(Orbis Books, 2009) andSelected Writings for the Earth Community(Orbis Books, 2014).

Tucker was a member of the Earth Charter Drafting Committee and the Earth Charter International Council. She won an Inspiring Yale Teaching Award in 2015.

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