Nature as Sacred Ground: A Metaphysics for Religious Naturalism

Abstract

does not matter to religion. “The question of the world is dismissed” (94). such positions would be better described as religious nonsupernaturalisms since “naturalism” is for them just a placeholder. unlike the books mentioned above by de caro and macarthur, the papers in this collection develop naturalism as an answer to both an intellectual problem and an existential problem (3). each one is clearly written and fitting to the topic. They therefore witness to a wide range of religious options that are largely ignored in philosophy of religion textbooks but that are nevertheless available to those who embrace the idea that there is but one world and seek an ultimate source of value and purpose within it.