The Rev. Michael Dowd, a gifted teacher, preacher, and
evolutionary theologian. A leading voice in the Evolutionary
Spirituality movement, Michael is the author of the 1991 book
"EarthSpirit: A Handbook for Nurturing an Ecological
Christianity" (Twenty-Third Publications), which was inspired by
the writings of cultural historian Thomas Berry, physicist Brian
Swimme, and deep ecologist Joanna Macy. During the 1980s and
90s, Michael pastored three United Church of Christ
congregations, worked with Jewish, Roman Catholic, Protestant,
Evangelical, Unitarian Universalist, and New Thought leaders
across America on environmental, peace, and justice issues, and
managed government funded Sustainable Lifestyle Campaigns on
both coasts. His great joy is telling the 14 billion year
history of everyone and everything in ways that evoke awe,
gratitude, and trust, inspire faith and openheartedness, and
empower people to follow the path where their own great joy and
the world's great need intersect.
Since April 2002, Michael and his wife Connie Barlow, an
acclaimed science writer, have lived permanently on the road,
teaching and preaching "the marriage of science and religion for
personal and planetary wellbeing" in churches and living rooms
as well as in public and private schools all across North
America. Their website The Great Story is one of the best
community empowerment tools in the conscious
evolution/evolutionary spirituality movement, consistently
generates nearly a half million hits per month! It is a leading
resource for those working to heal the rift between science and
religion, and for those envisioning a just, healthy, beautiful,
and sustainably life-giving world for future generations of all species. Michael also has a website specifically for Christians.
selected books
EarthSpirit: A Handbook for Nurturing an Ecological Christianity
(Twenty-Third Publications, 1991)
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selected video, audio, dvd
Christianity and the Cosmic Story
http://www.thegreatstory.org/Niznik.pdf
organizational affiliations
The Great Story Traveling Ministry
Founded by Connie Barlow and Michael Dowd, the Great Story provides programs, sermons, and educational resources about cosmological evolution.
http://www.thegreatstory.org
other related websites
http://www.thankgodforevolution.com/
