Are there new, emerging forms of nature reverencing religion? If so, what might these look like? This paper seeks to answer this question by drawing on both Bron Taylor's Dark Green Religion (and especially his nature religion schema found therein that includes the category of âGaian Earth Religionâ) and the work of environmental philosopher Donald Crosby (and his category of âreligion of natureâ). I argue that science writers like Edward Wilson and Carl Sagan, along with ecopoets like Mary Oliver, are creating a new mythopoesis of post-supernaturalistic nature religion. I also look at the complex interaction of religion/science and the role reverence for nature plays in this dialogue. I argue that the nature religion schema put forth by Taylor and the âphysisologyâ put forth by Crosby can help us better theorize emerging strands of post-supernaturalistic religious-like sentiments and narratives that continue to grow 150 years after Darwin's theory revolutionized both science and religion.
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âSee, for example, Worster (1996) and Gatta (2004).
âSee Chidester and Linenthal (1995) Introduction. Interestingly, the debate between science and religion, as well as the current dispute of viewing this world as sacred for its own non-supernaturalistic intrinsic meaning versus seeing this type of worldview about the world as being atheism/not religious, is also evidence that supports Chidester's and Linenthal's central thesis that religion, and the production of religious space and meanings, is an inherently political act and struggle.
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Are there new, emerging forms of nature reverencing religion? If so, what might these look like? This paper seeks to answer this question by drawing on both Bron Taylor's Dark Green Religion (and especially his nature religion schema found therein that includes the category of âGaian Earth Religionâ) and the work of environmental philosopher Donald Crosby (and his category of âreligion of natureâ). I argue that science writers like Edward Wilson and Carl Sagan, along with ecopoets like Mary Oliver, are creating a new mythopoesis of post-supernaturalistic nature religion. I also look at the complex interaction of religion/science and the role reverence for nature plays in this dialogue. I argue that the nature religion schema put forth by Taylor and the âphysisologyâ put forth by Crosby can help us better theorize emerging strands of post-supernaturalistic religious-like sentiments and narratives that continue to grow 150 years after Darwin's theory revolutionized both science and religion.
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