THEOLOGIES COMPLETING NATURALISM'S LIMITATIONS: with Willem B. Drees, “Naturalism and Religion: Hunting Two Snarks?”; Ursula W. Goodenough and Jeremy E. Sherman, “The Emergence of Selves and Purpose”; Matthew D. MacKenzie, “Spiritual Animals: Sense‐Making, Self‐Transcendence, and Liberal Naturalism”; Curtis M. Craig, “The Potential Contribution of Awe and Nature Appreciation to Positive Moral Values”; Mark E. Hoelter, “Mysterium Tremendum in a New Key”; Charles W. Fowler, “The Convergence of Science and Religion”; Todd Macalister, “Naturalist

Scientific Naturalism has no eternal life and purpose. Tillich's existential and Whitehead's process theologies overcome the limitations of scientific “naturalism without religion.” Tillich, Wildman, Whitehead, and Bracken update the Bible's promise of eternal life as well as the mean...

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Published in:Zygon 2021-12, Vol.56 (4), p.1039-1044
Main Author: Carr, Paul H.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Metaphor
Naturalism
Religion
Theology
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Summary:Scientific Naturalism has no eternal life and purpose. Tillich's existential and Whitehead's process theologies overcome the limitations of scientific “naturalism without religion.” Tillich, Wildman, Whitehead, and Bracken update the Bible's promise of eternal life as well as the meaning and goal of history. Paul Tillich's metaphor of religion as the Dimension of Depth is similar to Ursula Goodenough's Sacred Depths of Nature . She considers Tillich to be a religious naturalist. For Whitehead, the goal of the Universe is the production of beauty. “The thirst for beauty that permeates our lives is an opening to transcendence,” according to theologian Philip Hefner.
ISSN:0591-2385
1467-9744
DOI:10.1111/zygo.12750