Members’ projects

Members’ Projects

RNA members are involved with a wide variety of initiatives related to the RN orientation. To learn about the projects below click on the “read more” link for the item.

The Evolutionary Philosophy Circle

Ed Gibney is a writer, philosopher, and co-founder of the Evolutionary Philosophy Circle (EPC). The EPC is one of several groups that are operating within ProSocial World (PW), which is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 2020 by distinguished scientists...

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The Book of Continuing Creation

The Book of Continuing Creation by J. X. Mason presents a new Way of Living that is based on Nature, Reason, Science, and factual history.  Miracles and myths are gone, except for the miracle of ongoing creation itself — simple parts joining together to emerge as new...

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Marcelo Gleiser

Marcelo Gleiser is a theoretical physicist and  public intellectual at Dartmouth College working on basic research ranging from cosmology and applications of information theory to complex phenomena to history and philosophy of science and how science and culture...

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Religious Naturalist Songbook Committee

  Songs are both stories and art. Music is a powerful element  in traditional religious observances, found in every faith tradition, from the songs and dances of indigenous peoples to Sufi and Hindu chants and the hymns of modern Christians. Shared music unites...

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Geoff Crocker

Geoff’s Atheist Spirituality website is described as “A forum for exploration of the meaning of spirituality for atheists”. It includes book reviews and blog postings that examine virtues, vices, and a range of topics. It also includes a link to a free download...

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Cortney Cameron

Cortney Cameron is a hydrogeologist. She’s originally from North Carolina, near the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is attracted to religious naturalism as a named philosophy that describes a non-theistic, non-supernatural but nevertheless deep spiritual connection to...

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The Appalacians

  When o’er the earth I see them rise,By meters, bluegreen, through the skies,With their flanks, my spirits climbBy ten million years at a time—Back to the churning of great continents,Which joining, birthed—the earth was bent—These gentle gods, which wrinkled,...

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Ann Miller

Ann Miller is author of The Creative Learning series and other books designed toenhance personal, social, political and spiritual development. Titles include: The Creative Lifelong Learning Formula: Building Global Partnerships for a Sustainable WorldChoosing More...

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Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow

Among the many resources and links that Michael and Connie provide, featured items at The Great Story website include:“Standing for the Future” (3 videotaped live, multimedia presentations for individual study and/or group discussion),Deep Sustainability audios, and a...

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Alix Robin

Alix Robin describes herself as a religious naturalist and soon to be an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, and also an artist, writer, and mother. She has created Campfire Ministry a simple form of small groupministry that involves a dark room with either a...

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Rua Lupa

Rua Lupa, from Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada, discovered RNA.org online, and shared information on a tradition/philosophy they formed, called Ehoah, that is based on The Three Basic Tenets described in this graphic. This is described at the Ehoah website and at a...

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Larry Rifkin

Larry Rifkin is a pediatrician who recently created a video,“Evolution Will Change How You See The World” which, as itillustrates a range of wondrous aspects of life, highlights the roleof evolution and urges us not to compromise the future of thisgreat epic. Larry...

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Robert Howard

A book of poems by Robert Howard was published this year. It’s called “Unity Tree” and includes “Alone”, which is coped below, and organized in five sections: Our Island Home, Music of the Spheres, Human Family Picnic, Ancient Footprints and A Place to Call Home. For...

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Jane Penfield

Jane is a painter who, at her website, introduces her work by saying “I am drawn to the landscape through the changing seasons . . . All of my work is an expression of nature as I have experienced it . . .” Jane describes the Pioneer Valley in New England as a place...

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Paul Martin

Paul has written poetry and essays that combine perceptions from a mystical experience with the challenge of a progressive illness that has kept him house-bound and, now, mostly bedridden. One example can be seen at NPR’s On Being blog where, as guest contributer, he...

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JD Stillwater

JD Stillwater is a science ambassador and cultural worker. He speaks and writes about profound revelations and insights from natural reality. From The Parliament of the World’s Religions to academic conferences and civic groups, JD Stillwater moves and inspires...

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David Kundtz

David has worked as a psychotherapist and encourages “stopping” as a response to the rush of modern life. He defines “Stopping” as “Doing nothing intentionally – for a minute or a month – in order to wake up and remember who you are.” His website describes and gives...

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Brent E. White

Brent is a retired Navy officer who teaches art and carves wildlife figures for merry-go-rounds, including several that feature endangered species. Some of his work can be seen at the Indianapolis Zoo and at Badlands National Park. He wrote a book for children, The...

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Carl Axelsen

Carl Axelsen After retiring, Carl began volunteer work at environmental non-profit groups in Oregon. He became certified as a Master Watershed Steward and ran a local watershed stewardship organization. He was President of the Tryon Creek Watershed Council, and now...

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