Religious Naturalism

Ursula Goodenough, writing in 'The Sacred Depths of Nature', seems to be arguing for a kind of Religious Naturalism which allows for the subjective and dispositional sense that one usually brings to religion to be applied to the empirical and scientificaly credible world. Here I talk about the sense of 'binding' which is implicit in religiosity.

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Education

Tags:

• Ursula
• Goodenough
• religion
• binding
• Crowley
• Walter
• Benjamin
• Religious
• Naturalism
• Laurie
• Anderson

[Ignare]

For a completely different take on naturalisation of religion look at "Religion Explained" from Pascal Boyer.

[conferencereport]

Thanks for the tip, I'll certainly look into it.

[2bsirius]

"The Sacred Depths of Nature" is Ursula's book. My take on the world is that, at present, it is both broken AND damaged. Yes, I think the Walter Benjamin image in this context is very valid. On the other hand, Crowley, to me, has ABSOLUTELY no place in this new equation of binding. The great thing about being in a place where so little works is that we are FREED to create these new cohesive equivalences from the shards of the broken past.

[conferencereport]

I mention Crowley not because I think his ideas are terribly useful, but that the ambition he seems to be shooting for is copacetic with the general urge to unify, and the often unacknowledged set of emotional responses which accompany this intellectual act.

[2bsirius]

No, you're right. I found his web site, and he looks very interesting. I posted it, but it never showed up...I'll try again later.

[Ignare]

If he is it surely don't show :)

[2bsirius]

Pascal Boyer? Sounds interesting...Is he a theist?