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January 02, 2022

Thinking Through My Altruism

by Dennis Oliver A Philosophy dissertation by a young friend, Roger Thisdell, has challenged me to...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

Literature’s Wrath: How Classics Can Move Us To Action

by Jeff Worthy I work as a high school literature and composition teacher. Every summer, I...

December 28, 2021

The Rapprochement of Science and Religion in the Post Secular World

by Gregory Gronbacher Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. – John Paul...

December 23, 2021

Nature’s Creativity

by Thomas Schenk Western philosophy has provided two main metaphors for the nature of the...

December 16, 2021

Where the Rubber Meets the Road

by DT Strain At the Spiritual Naturalist Society, one of the things we write, talk, and...

December 16, 2021

The Realm of Hungry Ghosts

by Daniel Shkolnik I’m constantly amazed how certain religious myths map onto human psychology. Psychologist...

December 09, 2021

Developing Spiritual Naturalism

by Eric Steinhart It’s often hard to define spiritual naturalism. Movements like Stoicism or Westernized Buddhism...

December 09, 2021

The Soul of the Matter

by Thomas Schenk Naturalism suggests that our soul* is material. To accept this notion, not just...

December 09, 2021

Safe

by SNS Guest (Article is by guest writer Brock Haussamen. For a brief bio, see below.)...

December 03, 2021

Humboldt’s Vision of Nature

by Brock Haussamen Our ecological imagination—our sense of nature as a global, interconnected and sacred whole—has roots...

December 03, 2021

Witchcraft

by Eric Steinhart I’ve become fascinated by the rise in witchcraft in the United States. The...

November 2021

November 25, 2021

Mindfulness and Environment

by Thomas Schenk In his book, Nothing Holy About It, Tim Burkett lists the four foundations...

November 25, 2021

Thanksgiving

by Thomas Schenk The poem below, Thanksgiving, is by a young woman Annie (Kat) Reece, who...

November 18, 2021

Still the Paragon of Animals?

by Jeff Worthy “What is the cost of lies? It’s not that we’ll mistake them for...

November 11, 2021

Paying Attention

by SNS Guest (This article is written by guest author Crysta Bliss) How long has...

November 11, 2021

On the Glory of Being a Body

by Eric Steinhart Some people are mind-body dualists. They say their bodies somehow contain an...

November 09, 2021

400 Million Years of Ferns

by Brock Haussamen Ferns are all leaf, all the time—no fanfare for a celebrated flower, no...

November 09, 2021

Apparell’d in Celestial Light?

by Thomas Schenk Sunrise in the Grand Staircase Escalante There was a time when meadow,...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

Tossing Out the Supernatural Bath Water, While Keeping the Baby

by Gregory Gronbacher One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the twenty-first century is...

October 22, 2021

Self as God

by Daniel Shkolnik Three men heard of a well in which you could see the...

October 22, 2021

On Disability

by Eric Steinhart (cc) Michael Shaheen I’m getting old and my body hurts in many ways....

October 14, 2021

A Closer Look at Paideia and Buddha’s Awakening

By SNS Guest (Article is by guest writer Ed Kelly Jr. For a brief bio,...

October 08, 2021

Hozho

by Thomas Schenk With beauty before me I walk With beauty behind me I walk...

September 2021

September 17, 2021

The Home of the Soul

by Jeff Worthy I have always liked to believe that specific places have a sort...

September 17, 2021

Acquisitions

by Thomas Schenk In the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). there is...

September 02, 2021

The Perfect View

by Thomas Schenk I live in a small house in the middle of St. Paul. The...

August 2021

August 26, 2021

The Limits of Naturalism?

By Gregory Gronbacher Holding the Tension of Two Views Spiritual naturalists live with the tension...

August 26, 2021

On Disability

by Eric Steinhart (cc) Michael Shaheen I’m getting old and my body hurts in many...

August 19, 2021

The Biology of Suffering

by Brock Haussamen “Where does suffering come from? Why do we suffer?” The questions open biologist...

August 19, 2021

The Meaning of Life

by Daniel Shkolnik What’s the meaning of life? Seriously though. I don’t think it’s love. Or...

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