Routledge Handbook of Religious Naturalism

<p>Ecological crisis is being widely discussed in society today and therefore the subject of religious naturalism has emerged as a major topic in religion. <i>The Routledge Handbook of Religious Naturalism</i> is an outstanding reference source to the key topics problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising thirty-four chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into seven parts:</p><p></p><p>• Varieties of religious naturalism and its relations to other outlooks</p><p></p><p>• Some earlier religious naturalists </p><p></p><p>• Pantheism materialism and the value-ladenness of nature </p><p></p><p>• Ecology humans and politics in naturalistic perspective</p><p></p><p>• Religious naturalism and traditional religions</p><p></p><p>• Putting religious naturalism into practice</p><p></p><p>• Critical discussions of religious naturalism.</p><p></p><p>Within these sections central issues debates and problems are examined including: defining religious naturalism; religious underpinnings of ecology; natural piety; the religious-aesthetic; ecstatic naturalism as deep pantheism; spiritual ecology; African-American religious naturalism; Christian religious naturalism; <em>Dao</em> and water; Confucianism; environmental action; and practices in religious naturalism. </p><p>The Routledge Handbook of Religious Naturalism is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies theology and philosophy. The Handbook will also be useful for those in related fields such as environmental ethics and ecology. </p>