عنوان

"The Production of Post-Supernaturalistic Mythopoesis in Contemporary Nature Religion"

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LA129565

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انگلیسی

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"The Production of Post-Supernaturalistic Mythopoesis in Contemporary Nature Religion"

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[Article]

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Todd LeVasseur

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Leiden

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Brill

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Are there new, emerging forms of nature reverencing religion? If so, what might these look like? This paper seeks to answer this question by drawing on both Bron Taylor's Dark Green Religion (and especially his nature religion schema found therein that includes the category of "Gaian Earth Religion") and the work of environmental philosopher Donald Crosby (and his category of "religion of nature"). I argue that science writers like Edward Wilson and Carl Sagan, along with ecopoets like Mary Oliver, are creating a new mythopoesis of post-supernaturalistic nature religion. I also look at the complex interaction of religion/science and the role reverence for nature plays in this dialogue. I argue that the nature religion schema put forth by Taylor and the "physisology" put forth by Crosby can help us better theorize emerging strands of post-supernaturalistic religious-like sentiments and narratives that continue to grow 150 years after Darwin's theory revolutionized both science and religion. Are there new, emerging forms of nature reverencing religion? If so, what might these look like? This paper seeks to answer this question by drawing on both Bron Taylor's Dark Green Religion (and especially his nature religion schema found therein that includes the category of "Gaian Earth Religion") and the work of environmental philosopher Donald Crosby (and his category of "religion of nature"). I argue that science writers like Edward Wilson and Carl Sagan, along with ecopoets like Mary Oliver, are creating a new mythopoesis of post-supernaturalistic nature religion. I also look at the complex interaction of religion/science and the role reverence for nature plays in this dialogue. I argue that the nature religion schema put forth by Taylor and the "physisology" put forth by Crosby can help us better theorize emerging strands of post-supernaturalistic religious-like sentiments and narratives that continue to grow 150 years after Darwin's theory revolutionized both science and religion.

Date of Publication

2012

Physical description

50-72

Title

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

Volume Number

16/1

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5357

Subject Term

Gaian Earth Religion

Subject Term

mythopoesis

Subject Term

post-supernaturalistic

Subject Term

science

Todd LeVasseur

Call Number

10.1163/156853511X617812

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275578

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