User:Charlotte August/sandbox

•Overview - collaborative

make sure to delineate the parameters of the topic, as you will address it (maybe husymas goes lower below, under prominent figures (?), maybe with a brief intro in this section through a quote

•Definition(s) - Gillian

◦Spirituality"

◦Naturalism

◦for both of these, make sure to substantiate with one or two or three quotes from central scholars in the field: you’re looking for definitional consensus on complicated topics.

◾Absence of supernatural beings (this probably becomes part of the defintion)

◦Pantheism

◾Concept of “God” (here, you probably want to remain broadly focused in terms of “god-talk,” to keep yourself in a discussion of pantheism that doesn’t embroil you in specific doctrinal programs) a collateral and often conflated term in peoples’ heads, that’s why you’re defining it here. make sure that you make that motivation clear as you write. this definition is in some ways here as a preemptive corrective.

•History

◦Origins of the term - Charlotte

◾Huysmans - (clean up - quotes are too long) perfect. i don’t know this husymas person, but it seems that he’s got a corner of the market on the phrase, so yes, cover him here. but look around a bit for other usages, that might not be rooted in this guy’s work. maybe look into rudolf steiner (biodynamic farming)

◦(Pre-history? of the term? of the practices associated with it? etc.) - Jeni okay. but i don’t know what this means. so, what you’ll need to do (to my mind) to make sense of this is to think through ways that the practices / beliefs / positions defined above can be seen as operative in cultures before such time as the phrase itself was hot. this will be a general section, with, hopefully, a couple salient citations, but aware of and open for the following specific examples.

•Examples in Religions - (divide between all three) Charlotte you want to open clearly with an acknowledgement that what follows is NOT comprehensive, but indicative of trends that can be seen throughout time and around the globe.l

◦Christianity - Gillian

◦Judaism - Jeni

◦Taoism - Charlotte

◦Buddhism - Charlotte

◦Native Religions - Jeni be extra careful about not presuming or even seeming to presume any kind of comprehensive treatment. you many way to begin by isolating a couple few specific native traditions; you may want to indicate a couple few general themes (acknowledging again that general does not apply across the board). but whatever you do, be open and on the table about your parameters.

◦for the above, pepper the timeline as much as possible. cite some sacred texts, common practices, contemporary manifestations, etc.

•Impacts of the Environmental Movement - Later -- consult after all the above research

◦Recent trends away from institutionalized religions

◦Deep ecology?

◦? leave this aside for now -- you have enough to do. but, when / if you get to it, this is a recuperative movement.

Many communities now have subsets growing toward a common naturalistic spirituality.