SettingsReligious naturalists
Brian Swimme
Brian Thomas Swimme is on the faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies, in San Francisco, where he teaches evolutionary cosmology to graduate students in the humanities.
Brian Thomas Swimme is on the faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies, in San Francisco, where he teaches evolutionary cosmology to graduate students in the humanities.
Chet Raymo
Chet Raymo (born September 17, 1936 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a noted writer, educator and naturalist.
Chet Raymo (born September 17, 1936 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a noted writer, educator and naturalist.
Don Cupitt
Don Cupitt (born 22 May 1934 in Lancashire) is an English philosopher of religion and scholar of Christian theology.
Don Cupitt (born 22 May 1934 in Lancashire) is an English philosopher of religion and scholar of Christian theology.
Donald A. Crosby
Donald Allen Crosby is currently (Jan.2009) Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University and Adjunct Instructor in the philosophy department at Florida State University.
Donald Allen Crosby is currently (Jan.2009) Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University and Adjunct Instructor in the philosophy department at Florida State University.
Eugene Kohn
Eugene Kohn (January 26, 1887 - April 1, 1977) was a Reconstructionist rabbi, writer and editor.
Eugene Kohn (January 26, 1887 - April 1, 1977) was a Reconstructionist rabbi, writer and editor.
Felix Adler (professor)
Felix Adler was a Jewish professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, popular lecturer, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement, and is often cons...
Felix Adler was a Jewish professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, popular lecturer, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement, and is often cons...
Gordon D. Kaufman
Dr. Gordon D. Kaufman is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Divinity (Emeritus) at Harvard University where he has taught since 1963.
Dr. Gordon D. Kaufman is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Divinity (Emeritus) at Harvard University where he has taught since 1963.
Henry Nelson Wieman
Henry Nelson Wieman was an American philosopher and theologian.
Henry Nelson Wieman was an American philosopher and theologian.
Ian Barbour
Ian Graeme Barbour, born October 1923, is an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion.
Ian Graeme Barbour, born October 1923, is an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion.
Ira Eisenstein
Rabbi Ira Eisenstein (November 26, 1906 - June 28, 2001) founded Reconstructionist Judaism, along with Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, his teacher and, later, father-in-law through his marriage to Judith...
Rabbi Ira Eisenstein (November 26, 1906 - June 28, 2001) founded Reconstructionist Judaism, along with Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, his teacher and, later, father-in-law through his marriage to Judith...
Jerome A. Stone
Jerome Stone—author, philosopher, and theologian—is best known for helping to develop the religious movement of Religious Naturalism.
Jerome Stone—author, philosopher, and theologian—is best known for helping to develop the religious movement of Religious Naturalism.
John H. Dietrich
John Hassler Dietrich (1878–1957) was a Unitarian minister, born at Chambersburg, Pa., who advocated Religious Humanism.
John Hassler Dietrich (1878–1957) was a Unitarian minister, born at Chambersburg, Pa., who advocated Religious Humanism.
John Spong
John Shelby Spong (born June 16, 1931 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States) is the retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church Diocese of Newark (based in Newark, New Jersey).
John Shelby Spong (born June 16, 1931 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States) is the retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church Diocese of Newark (based in Newark, New Jersey).
Karl E. Peters
Karl E. Peters is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL and former adjunct professor of philosophy, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT. He also is the co-editor ...
Karl E. Peters is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL and former adjunct professor of philosophy, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT. He also is the co-editor ...
Lloyd Geering
Sir Lloyd George Geering, ONZ, PCNZM, CBE, born 26 February 1918, is a New Zealand theologian, who faced charges of heresy in 1967 for his controversial views.
Sir Lloyd George Geering, ONZ, PCNZM, CBE, born 26 February 1918, is a New Zealand theologian, who faced charges of heresy in 1967 for his controversial views.
Loyal Rue
Dr. Loyal D. Rue is professor of religion and philosophy at Luther College of Decorah, Iowa, and focuses on naturalistic theories of religion.
Dr. Loyal D. Rue is professor of religion and philosophy at Luther College of Decorah, Iowa, and focuses on naturalistic theories of religion.
Masanobu Fukuoka
Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his Natural Farming method and re-vegetation of desertified lands.
Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his Natural Farming method and re-vegetation of desertified lands.
Michael Dowd
Michael Dowd (Born, 1958 - ) is an American Protestant minister, evolutionary theologian, author and evangelist for Big History and Religious Naturalism.
Michael Dowd (Born, 1958 - ) is an American Protestant minister, evolutionary theologian, author and evangelist for Big History and Religious Naturalism.
Mordecai Kaplan
Mordecai Menahem Kaplan, was a rabbi, essayist and Jewish educator, the ideologue of Reconstructionist Judaism, which he founded with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein.
Mordecai Menahem Kaplan, was a rabbi, essayist and Jewish educator, the ideologue of Reconstructionist Judaism, which he founded with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein.
Paul Tillich
Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher.
Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher.
Paul van Buren
Paul Matthews van Buren (1924–1998) was a Christian theologian and author.
Paul Matthews van Buren (1924–1998) was a Christian theologian and author.
Philip Hefner
Philip Hefner is a professor emeritus of systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago His research career has focused on the interaction of religion and science, for which h...
Philip Hefner is a professor emeritus of systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago His research career has focused on the interaction of religion and science, for which h...
Richard L. Rubenstein
Richard L. Rubenstein is an educator in religion and a major writer in the American Jewish community, noted particularly for his contributions to Holocaust theology.
Richard L. Rubenstein is an educator in religion and a major writer in the American Jewish community, noted particularly for his contributions to Holocaust theology.
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007), known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a nov...
Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007), known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a nov...
Rudolf Bultmann
Rudolf Karl Bultmann (August 20, 1884, Wiefelstede – July 30, 1976, Marburg) was a German theologian of Lutheran background, who was for three decades professor of New Testament studies at the U...
Rudolf Karl Bultmann (August 20, 1884, Wiefelstede – July 30, 1976, Marburg) was a German theologian of Lutheran background, who was for three decades professor of New Testament studies at the U...
Sallie McFague
Sallie McFague is an American feminist Christian theologian, best known for her analysis of how metaphor lies at the heart of how we may speak about God.
Sallie McFague is an American feminist Christian theologian, best known for her analysis of how metaphor lies at the heart of how we may speak about God.
Sharman Apt Russell
Sharman Apt Russell is a nature and science writer from New Mexico, United States.
Sharman Apt Russell is a nature and science writer from New Mexico, United States.
Stanley A. Klein
Stanley A. Klein is a Professor of Vision Science and Optometry at the University of California at Berkeley and a member of the Visual Processing Laboratory.
Stanley A. Klein is a Professor of Vision Science and Optometry at the University of California at Berkeley and a member of the Visual Processing Laboratory.
Stuart Kauffman
Stuart Alan Kauffman (28 September 1939) is an American theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher concerning the origin of life on Earth.
Stuart Alan Kauffman (28 September 1939) is an American theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher concerning the origin of life on Earth.
Thorkild Grosbøll
Thorkild Grosbøll (born February 27, 1948) is a former parish priest in the Church of Denmark.
Thorkild Grosbøll (born February 27, 1948) is a former parish priest in the Church of Denmark.
Ursula Goodenough
Ursula W. Goodenough (b. March 16, 1943) is a Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis and author of the best selling book Sacred Depths of Nature.
Ursula W. Goodenough (b. March 16, 1943) is a Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis and author of the best selling book Sacred Depths of Nature.
Varadaraja V. Raman
Varadaraja V. Raman is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Varadaraja V. Raman is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Willem B. Drees
In 2009 Willem B. Drees (April 20, 1954 - ) assumed the editorship of Zygon, Journal of Religion & Science the leading journal of religion and science in the world.
In 2009 Willem B. Drees (April 20, 1954 - ) assumed the editorship of Zygon, Journal of Religion & Science the leading journal of religion and science in the world.
William Ernest Hocking
William Ernest Hocking (August 10, 1873, Cleveland, Ohio – June 12, 1966 Madison, New Hampshire) was an American idealist philosopher at Harvard University.
William Ernest Hocking (August 10, 1873, Cleveland, Ohio – June 12, 1966 Madison, New Hampshire) was an American idealist philosopher at Harvard University.