The Promise of Religious Naturalism

By (author) Michael S. Hogue

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Publication date:

28 December 2010

Length of book:

284 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442205956

The Promise of Religious Naturalism explores religious naturalism as a distinctly promising form of contemporary religious ethics. Examining how religious naturalism responds to the challenges of recent religious transformations and ecological peril worldwide, author Michael Hogue argues that religious naturalism is emerging as an increasingly plausible and potentially rewarding form of religious moral life. Beginning with an introduction of religious naturalism in the larger context of religious and ethical theories, the book undertakes the first extended study of the works of religious naturalists Loyal Rue, Donald Crosby, Jerome Stone, and Ursula Goodenough. Hogue pays particular attention to the ethical components of religious naturalism in relation to religious pluralism and ecological issues.

Introduction
Chapter 1: What's Going On?
Chapter 2: Theory and Method in the Moral Present
Chapter 3: What is Religious about Religious Naturalism?
Chapter 4: What is Ethical about Religious Naturalism?
Chapter 5: Appreciating Religious Naturalism
Notes
Index
About the Author

Michael Hogue's new book is well timed and exceptionally useful. Religious naturalism is on the rise and there is no more theologically perceptive analyst of its variations and ethical implications than Hogue. If you are looking for a book from an expert guide to help you chart the territory of religious naturalism, look no further.