Since the discovery of the universe as an evolutionary process, there is a special need to establish this new sense of the universe as a revelatory experience. Such experience activates a new mode of manifestation of the ultimate mysteries of the universe. Future generations will need to be religious within this context. Traditional scriptures will not be effective in awakening future generations to a sense of the sacred, as they have done in past generations. A radical new adaptation is taking place, a new awakening to the divine not only through the awesome qualities of the universe as experienced immediately but also through the immense story of the universe and its long series of transformations.
— Thomas Berry, Evening Thoughts