The Teleology of Beauty?
Was the Universe made with beauty in mind, or are just lucky to perceive beauty in the Universe?
naturalism
Roots of SN, Part 7: Was Archaic Greece Naturalistic?
Other civilizations laid the crucial building blocks, but what made Greece so ripe for the rise of naturalism?
Roots of SN, Part 6: Were Archaic Egypt and Mesopotamia Naturalistic?
Could there have been strands of naturalism running through archaic civilizations such as Egypt and Mesopotamia?
Roots of SN, Part 5: Were Early Agricultural Peoples Naturalistic?
A Neolithic development may have been crucial to naturalism… But were early humans naturalistic, or is “nature” a modern concept?
Roots of SN, Part 4: Were Early Hunter-gatherers Naturalistic?
In this part of his series, B.T. Newberg examines the possibility of naturalism among early hunter-gatherers…
Roots of SN, Part 3: Evolution and the Way to Live
Ancient thinkers derived values from their understanding of the facts. What values can we derive from the facts as we know them today?…
Roots of SN, Part 2: Modern Cosmology
B.T. Newberg continues this series by asking if modern cosmology can be our new creation story…
Roots of Spiritual Naturalism, Part 1: Introduction
The first in B. T. Newberg’s series exploring the question “Were there Spiritual Naturalists in the ancient world?”
Living in a world without cosmic justice
Jennifer Hancock describes what to do the next time the lack of cosmic justice gets you down…