Is nature enough? Yes

2025-02-13 Classification：Religion Click()
Author：Stone, JA

Article Title：Is nature enough? Yes

Abstract：
Religious naturalism encompasses thinkers from Baruch Spinoza, George Santayana, John Dewey, Henry Nelson Wieman, and Ralph Burhoe to recent writers. I offer a generic definition of religious naturalism and then outline my own version, the minimalist vision of transcendence. Many standard issues in the science-and-religion dialogue are seen to fade in significance for religious naturalism. I Me suggestions for our understanding of science, including the importance of transcognitive abilities, the need for a revised notion of rationality as an alternative to extreme versions of postmodernism, the value of rational dissensus, and the education of appreciation. Finally, I suggest ways to interpret the religious traditions of the world by religious naturalism.

Keywords: Ursula Goodenough; Bernard Meland; minimalist vision of transcendence; religious naturalism; Calvin Schrag; George Santayana, Baruch Spinoza; Yi T'oegye; J. Wentzel van Huyssteen; Henry Nelson Wieman

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2003.00539.x

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