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Meaning of spiritual naturalism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A worldview that reveres nature, without belief in the supernatural.

uncountable

Examples

“The book embraces a wide range of subjects, ontological, cosmical, theological, spiritual, and social, which are presented in the aspect of a unitary system, the pervading animus of which is a kind of attenuated and semi-spiritual naturalism, which ignores and repudiates any special divinity or sacredness attaching to the teachings of the Bible.”
“The spiritual philosophy pulls them down, and opens again the fair fields of spiritual naturalism to the contemplation of thinkers.”
“The possibility of a “spiritual naturalism” has been conceived by M. Huysmans.”
“This spiritual version of naturalism is perhaps best formulated in the Laws […] This is a clear statement of spiritual naturalism; and it is combined as […]”
“Spiritual Naturalism, being a rejection of supernaturalism, removes the religious image to further penetrate and intensify […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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