An aukuras, a type of fire altar found in Romuva, a modern Lithuanian Pagan faith characterised as a "nature religion".
A nature religion is a religious movement that believes nature and the natural world is an embodiment of divinity, sacredness or spiritual power.[1] Nature religions include indigenous religions practiced in various parts of the world by cultures who consider the environment to be imbued with spirits and other sacred entities. It also includes modern Pagan faiths, which are primarily concentrated in Europe and North America.
The term "nature religion" was first coined by the American religious studies scholar Catherine Albanese, who used it in her work Nature Religion in America: From the Algonkian Indians to the New Age (1991), and she later went on to use it in other studies. After Albanese developed the term, it has been used by other academics working in the discipline.
A naturereligion is a religious movement that believes nature and the natural world is an embodiment of divinity, sacredness or spiritual power. Nature...
precondition of religion now, in all its variants." Tylor's definition of animism was part of a growing international debate on the nature of "primitive...
Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies...
NatureReligion Today: Paganism in the Modern World is an academic anthology edited by the British religious studies scholars Joanne Pearson, Richard...
activism Earth religion – Religion venerating the Earth and nature Hinduism – Indian religion Faunus – Roman deity of the countryside Folk religion – Expressions...
its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a naturereligion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners Shintoists, although...
Natural religion most frequently means the "religion of nature", in which God, the soul, spirits, and all objects of the supernatural are considered as...
their ideas about the cosmos and human nature. According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies...
popular alternative term has been naturereligion. Some neopagan movements, especially in Europe, have adopted ethnic religion as their preferred term, aligning...
Religion and the Order of Nature is a 1996 book by the Iranian philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr. The Encounter of Man and Nature Blissman 1998, p. 182...
The Religion of Nature Delineated is a book by Anglican cleric William Wollaston that describes a system of ethics that can be discerned without recourse...
humanity is generally seen as one of harmonizing nature with the supernatural. In the past, African religion used to be referred to as 'traditional' but this...
In religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as a water deity, vegetation deity, sky deity, solar deity, fire deity, or...
Three Essays on Religion: Nature, the Utility of religion, and Theism is an 1874 book by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, published posthumously...
practices, such as nature worship, that are different from those of the largest world religions. Contemporary knowledge of old pagan religions and beliefs comes...
Earth-centered religion or nature worship is a system of religion based on the veneration of natural phenomena. It covers any religion that worships the...
form of naturereligion. Some practitioners completely eschew the use of the term pagan, preferring to use more specific names for their religion, such...
metaphysics and the nature and forms of salvation. It also considers and compares the origins and similarities shared between the various religions of the world...
categorised Wicca as a form of naturereligion, a term that is also embraced by many of its practitioners, and as a mystery religion. However, given that Wicca...
Buddhism, in contrast with the anthropocentric nature of Christianity. Prior to the spread of world religions in East Asia, local tribes shared animistic...
in the Caucasus: The Ossetian Uatsdin as a 'NatureReligion'". Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture. 13 (3): 314–332. doi:10.1558/jsrnc...
1955) is an American scholar and conservationist. He is professor of religion and nature at the University of Florida and has also been an affiliated scholar...
of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or...
society requires a religion. For this purpose any religion will do. I lack a religious nature, and have never believed in any religion. I am thus open to...
The philosophy of religion differs from religious philosophy in that it seeks to discuss questions regarding the nature of religion as a whole, rather...
Hinduism (/ˈhɪnduˌɪzəm/) is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide. The word Hindu is an exonym, and...
Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future is a 2009 book by the American scholar and conservationist Bron Taylor. It is about environmentalism...
between these religions and put them in contrast to Indian religions, Iranian religions, and the East Asian religions (though other religions and belief...
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