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(1914-2009) Writer. Thomas Berry attended Columbia University in Manhattan, New York and taught at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. He was director of the Riverdale Center for Religious Research in Riverdale, New York.

Full Name

Thomas Berry

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Berry attended Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

1914

BIRTH

William Nathan Berry was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1914. He later took the name Thomas.

1966

OTHER

Berry taught at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, from 1966 to 1979.

1966

LITWORK

Buddhism


Nonfiction.

1970

OTHER

Berry was director of the Riverdale Center of Religious Research in Riverdale, New York, beginning in 1970.

1971

LITWORK

Religions of India


Nonfiction.

1988

LITWORK

The Dream Of The Earth
Sierra Club Books, reprinted in 2006.

Nonfiction.

1992

LITWORK

The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Em
Harper San Francisco.

Nonfiction, written with Brian Swimme.

1999

LITWORK

The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future
Random House.

Nonfiction.

2006

LITWORK

Evening Thoughts: Reflecting On Earth As Sacred Community
Sierra Club Books and University of California Press.

Collection of essays.

2009

DEATH

Thomas Berry died in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2009.

2009

LITWORK

The Sacred Universe
Columbia University.

Collection of essays.

2009

LITWORK

The Christian Future And The Fate Of Earth
Orbis Books.

Nonfiction.

2009

INTERMENT

Thomas Berry was interred at the Green Mountain Monastery in Greensboro, Vermont.

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