“I believe because of evolution”: has cognitive science undermined the rationality of religious belief? [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философияThis article explores the implications of contemporary naturalistic theories of religion for the rationality of religious (theistic) belief. The so-called evolutionary debunking arguments attempt to undermine the rationality of a belief by appealing to ...
Kantemir Kanukoev
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A FRAMEWORK OF SPIRITUALITY FOR THE FUTURE OF NATURALISM
Zygon, 2021 William James wrote that the life of religion “consists of the belief that there is an unseen order, and that our supreme good lies in harmoniously adjusting ourselves thereto.” Naturalism organizes our experiences of the universe within a science ...
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Grist to the mill of anti-evolutionism: the failed strategy of ruling the supernatural out of science by philosophical fiat [PDF]
, 2012 According to a widespread philosophical opinion, science is strictly limited to investigating natural causes and putting forth natural explanations. Lacking the tools to evaluate supernatural claims, science must remain studiously neutral on questions of
Blancke, Stefaan +2 more
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THE POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF AWE AND NATURE APPRECIATION TO POSITIVE MORAL VALUES
Zygon, 2021 The present analysis utilizes publicly available survey data to assess attitudes consistent with the religious naturalist orientation. Religious naturalism entails a sense of awe and reverence toward the natural world, and the survey data have subscales
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Virkeligheder og religionshistorie: En introduktion til ontologier ifølge Philippe Descola
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2021 ENGLISH SUMMARY: A presentation of Philippe Descola’s model of four ontol-ogies (animism, totemism, analogism, and naturalism) and six forms of attach-ment (gift, exchange, etc.) and an argument for their relevance for the academic study of ...
Hans J. Lundager Jensen
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The Real Conflict Between Science and Religion: Alvin Plantinga’s Ignoratio Elenchi [PDF]
, 2013 By focussing on the logical relations between scientific theories and religious beliefs in his book Where the Conflict Really Lies, Alvin Plantinga overlooks the real conflict between science and religion.
Philipse, Herman
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Religious Naturalism Today: The Rebirth of a Forgotten Alternative. By Jerome A. Stone.
Zygon, 2010 Jim Schaal
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An Atheistic Defence of Christian Science [PDF]
, 2013 Should the Christian community engage in Christian science – doing science starting from the standpoint of the Christian evidence base? Plantinga asks this question, and I argue that the answer is ‘yes’.
Bradley, Monton
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NATURALISTIC RELIGIOUS PRACTICES: WHAT NATURALISTS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING AND DOING
Zygon, 2021 Beyond philosophical perspectives on how naturalism can be considered as a focus of religious orientation, a number of naturalists have been exploring things that might be done as spiritual/religious practices. This article gives an overview of types of
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Near-Death Experiences and Religious Experience: An Exploration of Spirituality in Medicine
Religions, 2022 There has been a continuous discussion of religious experience since William James, culminating in a rich and varied literature on the epistemology of religious experience in the late twentieth century. There has also been a burgeoning literature on near-
Jonathan Kopel, Mark Webb
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