The Minimalist Vision of Transcendence: A Naturalist Philosophy of Religion

affirm Albert Camus Alfred North Whitehead appreciative awareness argument aspect of transcendence assertion attitude Bergson Bernard E Bernard Meland Brightman Camus Charles Hartshorne Chicago claim concept continually challenging continually transcendent cosmic creative critical dichotomy divine empirical Essays existence experience of transcendence finite function Gadamer goal Hartshorne henotheism Henry Nelson Wieman Hermeneutics historical human Ibid ical ideal aspect John Dewey Josiah Royce judgment Kant Langdon Gilkey language of devotion language of inquiry loyalty meaning minimal model minimalist approach modality model of transcendence monotheism moral Myth of Sisyphus naturalistic nature Niebuhr notion nurture object ontological openness Paul Ricoeur Paul Tillich philosophy possible radical empiricism realism reality reference religion religious language Richard Niebuhr scendent scientific secular sense sensitive discernment Shailer Mathews situationally transcendent resources stance structure symbols term theism Theology theory tion tradition trans truth ultimacy ultimate unconditioned understanding unity universal community University Press worth York