Religious Naturalist Association
Taking Nature to Heart
Religious Naturalist Association
A Worldwide Home For Religious Naturalists.
The Religious Naturalist Association (RNA) was formed in the summer of 2014 to create an active and stimulating community for religious naturalists.
Our members include people in all 50 US states and over 50 countries.
We welcome and invite all to explore or embrace
a religious naturalist orientation,
and we appreciate how the broad diversity of our members’
personal backgrounds, professions, ages, genders, races, interests, and opinions
inform and enrich our group conversations and activities.
Our Mission
Our stated purpose is to encourage the development and spread the awareness of the religious naturalist orientation.
Events & Activities
RNA members can enjoy a variety of activities and events related to religious naturalism, including online conversations, presentations, and links to talks and group discussions, plus a monthly newsletter and occasional local in-person gatherings . Click HERE for more information.
Membership
Membership in RNA includes many benefits,
including online (and some in-person) conversations
plus monthly newsletters,
that include articles, RN-related news, and links to
books, music, art, and activities.
Click HERE to learn more
The Association
Members of the RNA Board of Directors are found here.
RNA members may participate in a variety of ways — assisting in, drawing from, or simply registering their support for this endeavor.
Board of Advisors
To learn more about the background, areas of interest, and publications of RNA Advisors, click on names in the list below.
- Nancy Ellen Abrams
Connie Barlow
Tom Clark
Donald Crosby
Terrence Deacon
Owen Flanagan
Michael S. Hogue
Stuart Kauffman
Jennifer Morgan
Janet Newton
Karl Peters
Joel R. Primack - Lynne Quarmby
Officers
Ursula Goodenough: President
JD Stillwater: Secretary
Todd Macalister: Communications
Terry Findlay: Website, Newsletter
Joel Benning: Chaplain Coordinator
Ben Shaefer: Treasurer
Our advisers are people who have been prominent in developing ideas that have taken form as a religious naturalist orientation, including authors and professors in fields of biology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, religion and nature, and environmental sustainability; plus ministers, social action advocates, and artists.
You are at the Religious Naturalist Association’s website.
To learn about and explore the Religious Naturalist worldview click the button below.