LEADER 03206nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910956188803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791477939 010 $a0791477932 010 $a9781435666894 010 $a1435666895 024 7 $a10.1515/9780791477939 035 $a(CKB)1000000000539043 035 $a(OCoLC)257016153 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575999 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193587 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11197875 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193587 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10238327 035 $a(PQKB)10798572 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407572 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575999 035 $a(OCoLC)923406651 035 $a(DE-B1597)682572 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791477939 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407572 035 $a(Perlego)2673375 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000539043 100 $a20071011d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiving with ambiguity $ereligious naturalism and the menace of evil /$fDonald A. Crosby 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (138 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791475201 311 08$a0791475204 311 08$a9780791475195 311 08$a0791475190 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 117-119) and index. 327 $aReligion of nature as a form of religious naturalism -- Ambiguities of nature -- Nature as the focus of religious faith -- Perspectivism, pluralism, and ambiguity -- Religious rightness and moral value -- Coping with ambiguity. 330 $aIn this book Donald A. Crosby looks at how a religion based on the sacredness of nature deals with the problem of evil. Further developing and defending the vision of religious thought and life elaborated in his previous work, A Religion of Nature, Crosby explores how such a vision can enable us to interpret, respond to, and cope with the diverse forms of evil in the world, arguing that an ambiguity of goods and evils in human life, in nature as a whole, and in any conceivable or desirable realm of existence is inevitable. It is therefore futile to seek recourse in powers, presences, states, or realms thought to wholly transcend a combination of goods and evils or to be entirely devoid of evil. This being the case, the central problem of an adequate religious faith is how to live a constructive, meaningful life in the face of this intractable ambiguity. Religion of nature, as it is laid out and explained here, confronts this problem and offers a comprehensive, sustaining, and fully adequate way of conceiving and living a religious life. 606 $aNature$xReligious aspects 606 $aNaturalism$xReligious aspects 615 0$aNature$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aNaturalism$xReligious aspects. 676 $a202/.12 700 $aCrosby$b Donald A$088096 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956188803321 996 $aLiving with ambiguity$94368576 997 $aUNINA