Natural religion
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+ | '''Natural religion''' might have the following meanings: | ||
+ | * In the modern [[Religious studies|study of religion]] it is used to refer to the notion that there is a spontaneous religious apprehension of the world common to all human beings, see: | ||
+ | **[[Urreligion]] | ||
+ | **[[origin of religion]] | ||
+ | **[[anthropology of religion]] | ||
+ | * As a reverent form of [[Nature worship (disambiguation)|nature-worship]], embodied in a well-known quote from [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]: "I believe in God, only I spell it [[Nature]]." | ||
+ | * Referring to the religions of people prior to their [[Christianization]], or Islamization. | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Natural theology]], often synonymous in the 18th and 19th centuries— see, for example, [[David Hume]]'s ''[[Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion]]''. | ||
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Natural religion might have the following meanings:
- In the modern study of religion it is used to refer to the notion that there is a spontaneous religious apprehension of the world common to all human beings, see:
- As a reverent form of nature-worship, embodied in a well-known quote from Frank Lloyd Wright: "I believe in God, only I spell it Nature."
- Referring to the religions of people prior to their Christianization, or Islamization.
See also
- Natural theology, often synonymous in the 18th and 19th centuries— see, for example, David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
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