Abstract

Although its roots go back at least to Spinoza, religious naturalism is once again becoming a self–conscious option in religious thinking. This article seeks to (1) provide a generic notion of religious naturalism, (2) sketch my own “minimalist” variety of religious naturalism, and (3) view the science–religion dialogue from both of these perspectives. This last will include reflection on the nature of scientific practices, the contributions of religious traditions to moral reflection, and Ursula Goodenough's “religiopoiesis.”

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humanism, Willem Drees, minimalist vision of transcendence, J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, Charley Hardwick, Sandra Harding, Ursula Goodenough, religiopoiesis, Bernard Meland, religious naturalism, Lynn Hankinson Nelson, religious traditions, Henry Nelson Wieman

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