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More background on Rev. Dowd: "The Making of an Evolutionary Evangelist"
REV. DOWD graduated summa cum laude from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri (affiliated with the Assemblies of God), where he received a B.A. in biblical studies and philosophy. He also graduated with honors from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (now, Palmer Seminary) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (affiliated with the American Baptist Church), where he earned a Master of Divinity degree. Dowd served as a congregational minister for nine years, pastoring United Church of Christ (UCC) churches in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Michigan. His 1991 book, EarthSpirit: A Handbook for Nurturing an Ecological Christianity (Twenty-Third Publications) was one of the first attempts to look appreciatively at biblical Christianity from the perspective of a modern cosmology.
In the mid 1990s, Rev. Dowd began working with Jewish, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Unitarian Universalist, and New Thought leaders across America on environmental issues that were coming up for a vote in Congress, as Religious Organizer for the Washington D.C. based National Environmental Trust. From 1997 to 2000 he headed the first government-funded program designed to produce large-scale voluntary citizen behavioral change along stewardship lines in the United States: The Portland Sustainable Lifestyle Campaign, in Portland, Oregon. He continued this work for two more years by serving as campaign manager of Global Action Plan's EcoTeam and Livable Neighborhood programs in Rockland County, New York.
Rev. Dowd has served on the boards of the North American Conference on Christianity and Ecology, the Ohio Conference UCC Integrity of Creation, Justice, and Peace task force; and the Hudson Valley Sustainable Communities Network. He has also served on the steering committees of the International Network of Biblical Storytellers and the UCC Network for Environmental and Economic Responsibility. His great joy is telling the history of everything and everyone in ways that inspire people of all faiths and philosophies to grow in evolutionary integrity and cooperate across ethnic and religious differences to create a thriving future for all.
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Thank God for Evolution!
Endorsed by 5 NOBEL LAUREATES, other scientists, and religious leaders across the spectrum
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"Giving God Glory in Evolution" article published in the Lent 2004 issue of Benedictine Bridge |
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"Evolutionary Evangelism" - 2005
This is a contributed entry for the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, edited by Bron Taylor, Dept. Religion, University of Florida, Gainesville.
"My Road To Damascus" - 2003 (5 pages)
First published in the Spring 2003 issue of EarthLight: The Magazine of Spiritual Ecology, this essay explores Michael's personal journey from a worldview that did not accept evolution to one that completely embraces it, without diminishing his faith. in PDF.
"A Great Story Perspective on the UCC Statement of Faith" - 1990 (8 pages)
An interpretation of the United Church of Christ Statement of Faith, in light of the epic of evolution, biblical revelation, tradition, and personal life experience. It was originally Michael's ordination paper. Full text
"Ecozoic Activism" EarthLight, 2001 - (2 pages)
The inner work that will guide environmental activism toward, what Thomas Berry calls, the Ecozoic Era (co-written with Connie Barlow). Full text in PDF
"Earth or 'the earth': What's in a Name?" - 1991 (2 pages)
Have you ever heard anyone refer to our celestial neighbors as "the mars", "the jupiter", or "the venus,"? Of course not. Why, then, refer to the physical ground of our being as "the earth"? This short essay suggests that how we refer to our home planet is far more than a matter of semantics. It is ultimately a question of honor, which, as Thomas Berry argues, may be the most important issue before us as we enter the twenty-first century. Full text
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