Five years ago we hosted a memorable evening with two remarkable thinkers out of Yale: Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim. They brought with them their Emmy Award-winning film Journey of the Universe, and we all had an opportunity to explore a vision of the cosmos that bridged science and spirituality in a fresh and exciting way. Their film traces the ideas of evolutionary philosopher Brian Swimme and ecotheologian Thomas Berry, and takes us through the 14 billion year history of the universe, weaving a tale that wonders whether life isn’t an essential and elemental dimension of its history. We invited them back for a return visit, with a screening of their beautiful hour-long film followed by a discussion of where they see developments in biology, ecology, physics, and astronomy moving, and what perhaps has changed in the five years since we first spoke.
Journey of the Universe
Journey of the Universe
Q&A Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
This film is part of the The Meditative Life 2016: Consciousness, Spirituality…and the Kitchen Sink series.
This series is presented with generous support from
- the Gail Wagner Shenkman Fund.
The JBFC is grateful to the following donors who have contributed to the Gail Wagner Shenkman Fund:
- Lawrence Abrams
- Natalie Bowden
- Jodi E. Buren
- Susan Chiarulli
- Lisa Crandall
- John A. Credaroli Jr., D.V.M.
- Demas-Graef Family
- Judy & Tom Exton
- Paul & Lori Fichtenbaum
- Steffi & Phil Green
- Amy Grossman
- Nancy Grundman & Jay Grossman
- David S. Hinderstein
- Lisa Jacobson
- Janet Langsam
- Tammi Brown Lauder
- Janet Maslin & Ben Cheever
- Lucille & Paul Maslin Foundation, Inc.
- Jeff & Pam Moskowitz
- Alan & Sharon Pollack
- Bettina Prober
- Florence Sofer
- Ed & Laura Shenkman
- Jamie Shenkman & Chris Magadini
- Barry Shenkman
- Lynda Shenkman-Curtis
- Jeremiah & Jo-Ann Taylor
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