Authors: Donald A. Crosby
ISBN-13: 9780791475201, ISBN-10: 0791475204
Format: Paperback
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: July 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Donald A. Crosby is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University. He has published several books, including A Religion of Nature and The Specter of the Absurd: Sources and Criticisms of Modern Nihilism, both also published by SUNY Press, and Novelty
Looks at how a religion based on the sacredness of nature deals with the problem of evil.
1 Religion of Nature as a Form of Religious Naturalism 1
2 Ambiguities of Nature 21
3 Nature as the Focus of Religious Faith 43
4 Perspectivism, Pluralism, and Ambiguity 67
5 Religious Rightness and Moral Value 79
6 Coping with Ambiguity 91
Notes 113
Works Cited 117
Index 121