Welcome to

Religious Naturalism online

We find our sources of meaning within the natural world, where humans are understood to be emergent from and hence a part of nature. Our religious quest is informed and guided by the deepening and evolving understandings fostered by scientific inquiry. It is also informed and guided by the mindful understandings inherent in our human traditions, including art, literature, philosophy, and the religions of the world.

The natural world and its emergent manifestations in human creativity and community are the focus of our immersion, wonder, and reverence. We may describe our religious sensibilities using various words that have various connotations — like the sacred, or the source, or god — but it is our common naturalistic orientation that generates our shared sense of place, gratitude, and joy.

We acknowledge as well a shared set of values and concerns pertaining to peace, justice, dignity, cultural and ecological diversity, and planetary sustainability. We may differ on how these concerns are best addressed, but we are committed to participating in their resolution.

The above is the keynote statement of the Religious Naturalism e-mail group at Yahoogroups. Most of the content on this site has been selected by members of that group. It is updated and expanded frequently.

• Perspectives on Religious Naturalism (revised 17 August 2006)

• Frequently asked questions (revised 10 May 2004)

• Links (revised 17 August 2006)

• Religious Naturalism bibliography (revised 29 March 2004)

• A list of Religious Naturalists (revised 7 July 2005)

• The structure of Religious Naturalism (17 February 2004)

• A history of Religious Naturalism

• Other aspects of Religious Naturalism

Links to related organizations

• Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS)

• http://www.thegreatstory.org/relignatural-more.html: personal essays, Unitarian church sermons, and other materials on how Religious Naturalism celebrates the Epic of Evolution. (The Great Story site is managed by religious naturalist Connie Barlow.)

• World Pantheist Movement

• Universal Pantheist Society and its journal, Pantheist Vision. "We seek a renewed reverence for the Earth and a vision of Nature as the ultimate context for human existence."

• Tom Clark's Center for Naturalism