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- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- ISSN
- 2156-4795
Abstract
Corrington’s Ecstatic Naturalism in Light of the Scientific Study of Religion Wesley J. Wildman / b oston u niversity and the i nstitute for the b io-c ultural s tudy of r eligion I. Introduction obert s . c orrington has misgivings about the use of the word “natu- ralism” to describe his view of reality; in fact, more recently he has r been using “deep pantheism” and variants. n evertheless, “naturalism” remains an apt word, conjuring the creative depths of the world around us, and we should continue to use it to describe c orrington’s philosophical-theological system—without unduly apologizing for its inevitably circular semantic con- tent, and despite the risk that his view might be known by its name instead of its content. The variant of naturalism for which c orrington is so well known is called (by him) ecstatic naturalism, and he has shown it to be an important version of religiously and axiologically nonreductive naturalism. c orrington’s view deserves careful analysis and evaluation in light of many fields , including the scientific study of religion, with which it has not been in extensive dialogue to this point. While the scientific study of religion does not have
Journal
American Journal of Theology & Philosophy – University of Illinois Press
Published: Mar 26, 2013