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Humans need stories — grand compelling stories — that help to orient us in our lives in the cosmos. The Epic of Evolution is such a story, beautifully suited to anchor our search for planetary consensus, telling us of our nature, our place, our context.

— Ursula Goodenough The Sacred Depths of Nature (1998)

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We do have something of a story here, a true story, that we can work with religiously should we elect to do so.

Any global tradition needs to begin with a shared worldview — a culture-independent, globally accepted consensus as to how things are.

The Sacred Depths of Nature (1998)

We nurture our children selflessly. But we also recognize them as our most tangible sources of renewal — for a child, the world is always new.

The Sacred Depths of Nature (1998)

When I sing the hymns of faith in Jesus' love, I am drawn to their intimacy, their allure, their poetry. But in the end, such faith is simply not available to me.

The Sacred Depths of Nature (1998)

Life from nonlife, like wine from water, has long been considered a miracle wrought by gods or God. Now it is seen to be the near-inevitable consequence of our thermal and chemical circumstances.

The Sacred Depths of Nature (1998)

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