Sacred Nature

Jerome A. Stone is a Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, William Rainey Harper College, and formerly taught at Meadville Lombard Theological School. He is also a Community Minister affiliated with the Unitarian Church of Evanston, Illinois.

• ForewordIntroduction Chapter One: Introducing Religious Naturalism Chapter Two: Alternative Starting Points: Experiences of the Sacred and the Big Picture Chapter Three: Appreciative Perception Chapter Four: Spirituality for Naturalists Chapter Five: The "G---d" Word Chapter Six: Needed Paradigm Shifts Chapter Seven: Learning from Indigenous Peoples Chapter Eight: Religious Naturalism in the Public Square: Towards a Public Ecotheology Conclusion Index

Stone not only makes the case that religious naturalism can incorporate a sense of sacredness that underwrites environmentalism; he also demonstrates that he is not alone in thinking this possible. This book describes a plethora of religiously naturalistic environmentalist positions, and makes clear that there has been for some time a community of the similarly-minded in this area. Andrew Dole, Amherst College, USA.