Living with Ambiguity : Religious Naturalism and the Menace of Evil

by Crosby, Donald A.

• ISBN13: 9780791475195
• ISBN10: 0791475190
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-07
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

"In this book Donald A. Crosby looks at how a religion based on the sacredness of nature deals with the problem of evil. Further developing and defending the vision of religious thought and life elaborated in his previous work, A Religion of Mature, Crosby explores how such a vision can enable us to interpret, respond to, and cope with the diverse forms of evil in the world, arguing that an ambiguity of goods and evils in human life, in nature as a whole, and in any conceivable or desirable realm of existence is inevitable. It is therefore futile to seek recourse in powers, presences, states, or realms thought to wholly transcend a combination of goods and evils or to be entirely devoid of evil. This being the case, the central problem, of an adequate religious faith is how to live a constructive, meaningful life in the face of this intractable ambiguity. Religion of nature, as it is laid out and explained here, confronts this problem and offers a comprehensive, sustaining, and fully adequate way of conceiving and living a religious life."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Donald A. Crosby is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Religion of Nature as a Form of Religious Naturalism	p. 1
Ambiguities of Nature	p. 21
Nature as the Focus of Religious Faith	p. 43
Perspectivism. Pluralism. and Ambiguity	p. 67
Religious Rightness and Moral Value	p. 79
Coping with Ambiguity	p. 91
Notes	p. 113
Works Cited	p. 117
Index	p. 121
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