Religious Naturalism Today

The Rebirth of a Forgotten Alternative

By Jerome A. Stone | Publisher: State University of New York Press

About the book

Previously a forgotten option in religious thinking, religious naturalism is coming back. It seeks to explore and encourage religious ways of responding to the world on a completely naturalistic basis without a supreme being or ground of being. In this book, Jerome A. Stone traces its history and analyzes some of the issues dividing religious naturalists. He includes analysis of nearly fifty distinguished philosophers, theologians, scientists, and figures in art and literature, both living and dead. They range from Ursula Goodenough, Gordon Kaufman, William Dean, Thomas Berry, and Gary Snyder to Jan Christiaan Smuts, William Bernhardt, Gregory Bateson, and Sharon Welch.

Editions of Religious Naturalism Today

Hardcover
ISBN 9780791475379
Paperback
ISBN 9780791475386
PDF
ISBN 9780791477915

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Previously a forgotten option in religious thinking, religious naturalism is coming back. It seeks to explore and encourage religious ways of responding to the world on a completely naturalistic basis without a supreme being or ground of being. In this book, Jerome A. Stone traces its history and analyzes some of the issues dividing religious naturalists. He includes analysis of nearly fifty distinguished philosophers, theologians, scientists, and figures in art and literature, both living and dead. They range from Ursula Goodenough, Gordon Kaufman, William Dean, Thomas Berry, and Gary Snyder to Jan Christiaan Smuts, William Bernhardt, Gregory Bateson, and Sharon Welch.

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Previously a forgotten option in religious thinking, religious naturalism is coming back. It seeks to explore and encourage religious ways of responding to the world on a completely naturalistic basis without a supreme being or ground of being. In this book, Jerome A. Stone traces its history and analyzes some of the issues dividing religious naturalists. He includes analysis of nearly fifty distinguished philosophers, theologians, scientists, and figures in art and literature, both living and dead. They range from Ursula Goodenough, Gordon Kaufman, William Dean, Thomas Berry, and Gary Snyder to Jan Christiaan Smuts, William Bernhardt, Gregory Bateson, and Sharon Welch.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Religious Naturalism Today?

Philosophy and Religion > Religion and beliefs > Aspects of religion > Theology

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Religious Naturalism Today has 273 page(s)

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Religious Naturalism Today?

Jerome A. Stone

Who is the Publisher of the book Religious Naturalism Today?

State University of New York Press

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Religious Naturalism Today is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791475379) and paperback(ISBN 9780791475386) and pdf(ISBN 9780791477915)

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