Book contents
- Exploring Religious Pluralism
- Exploring Religious Pluralism
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Apophaticism and Perennialism
- 3 The Philosophy of Religion and Its Limitations
- 4 Philosophy and Noetic Perception
- 5 Philosophy and the Pluralistic Hypothesis
- 6 Beyond Philosophical Argument
- 7 Archetypes and ‘Platonic’ Mysticism
- 8 Noetic Perception and the Role of the Imagination
- 9 The Evolution of Religiosity
- 10 Revelation and Divine Action
- 11 A Pluralistic Model in the Making
- 12 Pluralism or ‘Reciprocal Inclusivism’?
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - The Evolution of Religiosity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2024
- Exploring Religious Pluralism
- Exploring Religious Pluralism
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Apophaticism and Perennialism
- 3 The Philosophy of Religion and Its Limitations
- 4 Philosophy and Noetic Perception
- 5 Philosophy and the Pluralistic Hypothesis
- 6 Beyond Philosophical Argument
- 7 Archetypes and ‘Platonic’ Mysticism
- 8 Noetic Perception and the Role of the Imagination
- 9 The Evolution of Religiosity
- 10 Revelation and Divine Action
- 11 A Pluralistic Model in the Making
- 12 Pluralism or ‘Reciprocal Inclusivism’?
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
‘Strong’ theistic naturalism is advocated, so that the notion of ‘special’ divine action is rendered redundant while scientism and a ‘God of the gaps’ notion of God’s action are avoided. A version of this kind of naturalism can affirm miraculous events in the way that Augustine of Hippo seems to have envisaged, which may now be interpreted as analogous to the scientist’s notion of regime change. In this context, some of the insights of evolutionary psychology become important, especially in relation to the evolution of human religiosity, which has significant implications for developing religious pluralism.
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- Exploring Religious PluralismFrom Mystical Theology to the Science-Theology Dialogue, pp. 135 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024