Seasons and Self: Discourses on Being 'At Home' in Nature

Seasons and Self is a courageous exploration into religious naturalism - sometimes called the forgotten alternative - as well as contemporary critical biblical studies by one of Australias leading progressives Rex A. E. Hunt. A self-professed religious naturalist progressive liturgist and social ecologist. he belongs squarely within a post-liberal/ progressive orientation.Rex A E Hunt acknowledges the principle attributed to the Brazilian theologian Rubem Alves: I am not after conclusions... Conclusions are meant to shut... Every conclusion brings the thought process to a halt. The present collection is an invitation to readers to become curious and excited about what they read and to explore further - beyond the tyranny of clear and distinct ideas! The author is concerned about likelihoods and being open-ended rather than closing any discussion with persuasion by argument. The intent is to strike a chord rather than shoehorning something - ideas answers doctrine correct belief - into people often challenging the parochial and limited claims of traditional religions or so-called pious biblical argument based on a proof-text zeal.While both science and progressive religion are to the fore in the topics and chapters of the collection of sermons addresses and keynote presentations there is also a strong hint of the poetic - all evoking a sense of awe and wonder at nature and the natural rather than the supernatural. A radical theo-eco-logy! Themes addressed include evolution earth cosmos food and wisdom as well as Autumn children celebration and humour. All grounded in the Ordinary... in the hope that collectively they will stir ones own imagination.Nature and naturalism are for us today the main game for any progressive spirituality writes the author. We are fully linked with our surroundings in time space matter/energy and causality and where the metaphor of web is used to describe this interrelatedness - we create the web and the web creates us...