The Extraordinary in the Ordinary: Seven Types of Everyday Miracle - Hardcover

Crosby, Donald A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1438464592 ISBN 13: 9781438464596

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2017

Synopsis

Explores miracles as dimensions of everyday existence through the lens of religious naturalism.

Miracles are usually regarded as an intrusion of a supernatural force upsetting the normal workings and laws of the universe, but if one is attentive to the natural world, one can instead find miracles beneath the surface of everyday existence. This outlook is part of Donald A. Crosby's religious naturalism, which he terms Religion of Nature, a belief system that posits the natural world to be the only world, without any underlying or transcending supernatural being, presence, or power. In The Extraordinary in the Ordinary, Crosby explores seven types of everyday miracles, such as time, language, and love, to show that the miraculous and ordinary are not opposed to each other. Rather, it is when we acknowledge the sacred depths and dimensions of everyday existence that we recognize the miracles that constantly surround us.

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About the Author

Donald A. Crosby is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University and the author of many books, including The Thou of Nature: Religious Naturalism and Reverence for Sentient Life; More Than Discourse: Symbolic Expressions of Naturalistic Faith; and Nature as Sacred Ground: A Metaphysics for Religious Naturalism, all published by SUNY Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438464592
• ISBN 13: 9781438464596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192