Roots of SN, Part 8: Were the Ionian Philosophers Naturalistic?
Many believe Spiritual Naturalism is a modern movement – but its true age may surprise you.
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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 Spiritual Naturalism, Part 1: Introduction
The first in B. T. Newberg’s series exploring the question “Were there Spiritual Naturalists in the ancient world?”