A Philosophy of Sacred Nature : Prospects for Ecstatic Naturalism

A Philosophy of Sacred Nature introduces Robert Corrington’s philosophical thought, “ecstatic naturalism,” which seeks to recognize nature’s self-transforming potential. Ecstatic naturalism is a philosophical-theological perspective, deeply seated in a semiotic cosmology and psychosemiosis, and it radically and profoundly probes into the mystery of nature’s perennial self-fissuring of nature natured and nature naturing. Edited by Leon Niemoczynski and Nam T. Nguyen, this collection aims to allow readers to see what can be done with ecstatic naturalism, and what directions, interpretations, and creative uses that doing can take. A thorough exploration of the prospects of ecstatic naturalism, this book will appeal to scholars of Continental philosophy, religious naturalism, and American pragmatism. Contents Acknowledgments Prospects for Ecstatic Naturalism Chapter One: Reflections on the Philosophy of Robert S. Corrington Chapter Two: Ecstatic Naturalism Chapter Three: Ecstatic Naturalism and the Sacred Chapter Four: The Spirit of Robert S. Corrington’s Ecstatic Naturalism Chapter Five: Nature’s Primal Self Chapter Six: Corrington’s “Natural Self” as the “Subject of Truth” Chapter Seven: Ecstatic Naturalism in American Psychological Biography Chapter Eight: Robert Corrington’s Ecstatic Naturalism and the Social Construction of Reality Chapter Nine: Nature’s Spontaneity and Intentionality Chapter Ten: Ecology Re-naturalized Chapter Eleven: Ecstatic Nature and Earthly Abyss Chapter Twelve: Cleaving the Light Chapter Thirteen: Unruly Gods Chapter Fourteen: The Categorial Schema Selected Bibliography of Robert S. Corrington Index About the Contributors This book introduces Robert Corrington’s “ecstatic naturalism,” a new perspective in understanding “sacred” nature and naturalism, and explores what can be done with this philosophical thought. This is an excellent resource for scholars of Continental philosophy, philosophy of religion, and American pragmatism.