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The Atheistic Religious Naturalism of Goodenough, Crosby, and Rue
The Atheistic Religious Naturalism of Goodenough, Crosby, and Rue In our scientific age, traditional religions no longer work for many people – particularly those who reject religion because they reject the idea of ‘God’. Religious naturalism is an approach that takes...
Religious Naturalism: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Religious Naturalism: An Idea Whose Time Has Come by Michael Barrett This paper advances the proposition that religious naturalism is a big idea whose time has come. Not a new idea – its roots go back to thinkers of the ancient world – but an idea reborn in the light...
A Religion and Ethics for the Age of Science: Religious Naturalism (ARFTAOS)
A Religion and Ethics for the Age of Science: Religious Naturalism (ARFTAOS) The Search PrincipleWe can develop a religion and ethics for the current scientific age through a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. The search for truth involves...
Creativity
Creativity by Eugene Troxell The major reason I regard the cosmos as worthy of human reverence is because it contains or exhibits characteristics that I used to associate with God when I was a traditional Christian Theist. Those characteristics are creativity and...
My Ten Principles of Religious Naturalism
My Ten Principles of Religious Naturalism by V.V. Raman 1. To regard the variety and range of the world around as manifestations of Nature and her laws: This to me is the philosophical perspective of Religious Naturalism. 2. Not just to observe and explain, but to...
The Adjective “religious” in Religious Naturalism
The Adjective “religious” in Religious Naturalism by Michael Cavanaugh My personal emphasis is on the noun Naturalism. My particular orientation within Religious Naturalism is best labeled – plain vanilla naturalism. It does not use god-language to express the...