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WHEN TO BE WHAT? WHY SCIENCE‐INSPIRED NATURALISM NEED NOT IMPLY RELIGIOUS NATURALISM

open access: yesZygon, 2021
In The Aristos, John Fowles imagined the human situation as that of a diverse group of people on a raft, apparently between a wreck in the past and a shore where they will land. But there was no wreck, there is no shore.
Willem Drees
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METAPHYSICS MATTERS: METAPHYSICS AND SOTERIOLOGY IN JEROME STONE'S AND DONALD CROSBY'S VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS NATURALISM

open access: yesZygon, 2014
Religious naturalism is distinct from supernatural religion largely because of metaphysical minimalism. Certain varieties of religious naturalism are more minimalist than others, however, and some even eschew metaphysics altogether. But is anything lost
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What is Religious Naturalism? A Preliminary Report of an Ongoing Conversation

open access: yesZygon, 2000
Religious naturalism is an emerging construct that relies greatly on science and yet affirms attitudes and practices that are distinctly religious in nature. This article explores the meaning of the term as it is used by various proponents, contrasts it
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Religious Naturalism and Naturalizing Morality

open access: yesZygon, 2003
I first offer some reflections on the term religious naturalism. I then outline how moral thought might be configured in the context of religious naturalism. It is proposed that the goal of morality is to generate a flourishing community and that humans negotiate their social interactions using moral capacities that are cultivated in the context of ...
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RE‐ENVISIONING HOPE: ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE, LEARNED IGNORANCE, AND RELIGIOUS NATURALISM

open access: yesZygon, 2018
In this essay, I introduce religious naturalism as one contemporary religious response to anthropogenic climate change; in so doing, I offer a concept of hope associated with the beauty of ignorance, of not knowing ourselves in the usual manner ...
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Varieties of Religious Naturalism

open access: yesZygon, 2003
This article opens with two generic definitions of religious naturalism in general: one by Jerome Stone and one by Rem Edwards used by Charley Hardwick. Two boundary issues, humanism and process theology, are discussed. A brief sketch of my own “minimalist” and pluralist version of religious naturalism follows.
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Christianity and Religious Naturalism

open access: yesSt Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
This article provides an overview of contemporary religious naturalism, with a specific focus on Christian articulations of this emerging worldview and movement.
Mikael Leidenhag
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Religious Spirituality and the Meaning of Life: the Problem of Absurdity [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2022
Religious spirituality faces various challenges in the new world. One of these challenges is the question of meaningfulness or emptiness of life. While in the traditional world, few thinkers see life as empty and absurd, today there are many such views ...
Vahid Sohrabifar, Abolghasem Fanaei
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A Critical Review of Theological Arguments in Defence of Methodological Naturalism [PDF]

open access: yesحکمت و فلسفه, 2018
Inconsistency of methodological naturalism and religious beliefs has been the most important reason for theists to oppose methodological naturalism. But some philosophers defend methodological naturalism based on their theological dispositions.
Zahra Zargar   +2 more
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Cultural Relativism in Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Cultural and Religious Rituals [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2022
According to the current interpretation, Wittgenstein in "Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough" takes an expressive approach to religious rituals and cultural practices. Relying on this approach, he criticizes Frazer's view.
Hossein Shaqaqi
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