Religious Naturalism Today

Jerome A. Stone is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at William Rainey Harper College. He is the coeditor (with Creighton Peden) of both volumes of The Chicago School of Theology: Pioneers in Religious Inquiry, and the author of The Minimalist Vision of Transcendence: A Naturalist Philosophy of Religion, also published by SUNY Press.

"…Stone's book offers landscape as well as portrait, for behind the particular figures in focus there is a wide range of religious naturalisms depicted in clear perspective and considerable depth of field. As theologian Philip Hefner observes in the foreword, Stone is an expert guide and companion to this broader landscape … Stone's latest book belongs on any current reading list in religious naturalism and would make a fine centerpiece for an academic course or a book group on the subject." — American Journal of Theology and Philosophy"…Stone has pointed toward religious naturalism's connections to and critiques of other types of religious scholarship. He opens possibilities for dialogue with the work of thinkers in many fields, including religious humanism and ecology, along with the ethical questions these fields raise. Stone's work is an excellent introduction to the renewal of religious naturalism that invites the reader to join the discussion." — Religious Studies Review"The strength of Religious Naturalism Today is its descriptions of early religious naturalists." — CHOICE"This is a timely contribution to contemporary theology. I know of no other book that provides such a clear yet nuanced account of the origins, development, and contemporary forms of religious naturalism. Stone's achievement ensures that religious naturalism will again be a major contender in theological debates." — Mary Doak, author of Reclaiming Narrative for Public Theology