Christian Naturalism: Christian Thinking for Living in This World Only
Ebook
Is it possible to believe that our life in this world is all there is and be Christian? Karl Peters says yes. We can think about God as the creativity of the world. About our life as beginning when we were hydrogen atoms, so that everything is family. About how the evils of sexism, racism, and speciesism (climate change) arose in human history. Peters says that Jesus is fully human. His mother, Mary, was raped by a Roman soldier. And he is savior by being an inspiring moral example of how we should live--loving God completely and our neighbor as ourselves. Through evolution we are related to everything else. Therefore, we should love as family all varieties of humans, other species, and the planet itself.
“As a Christian naturalist grounded in evidence as modern-day
Scripture and ecology as the heart of theology, I have valued Karl
Peters’s writings for decades. This is an important contribution to
the science-and-religion dialogue. I found Dr. Peters’s
interpretations of the Christian faith insightful, even
(especially!) when they differed from my own. I recommend this book
without reservation. It will stretch your mind and warm your heart
and deserves a wide readership.”
—Michael Dowd, post-doom eco-theologian and author of Thank God
for Evolution
“To open-minded spirits, scientific insights are to be valued for
the power they have to provide insight and transform our worldview.
In Christian Naturalism, Karl Peters offers sensitive and
engaging reflections on major religious and humanist themes. One
need not agree with him on each detail to be enriched by reading
this well-informed book that is personal and at the same time
relevant to all of us.”
—Willem B. Drees, Tilburg University, emeritus
“Masterful! Karl Peters interweaves his life-long immersion in
Christian sensibilities with science-based worldviews, creating a
lucid and heartfelt synthesis that honors and celebrates both sets
of understandings.”
—Ursula Goodenough, Washington University, emerita
- Title: Christian Naturalism: Christian Thinking for Living in This World Only
- Author: Karl E. Peters
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666794588, 9781666794571, 9781666736373, 1666794570, 1666736376, 1666794589
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666794588
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-03-16T11:48:13Z
Karl E. Peters is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Religion
at Rollins College Winter Park, Florida. He is former editor and
co-editor of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. Peters
is the author of Dancing with the Sacred: Evolution, Ecology,
and God and Spiritual Transformations: Science, Religion,
and Human Becoming.