Abstract
Willem Drees's stated purpose in Religion, Science and Naturalism is to maintain the continuing importance of religion in human life while being honest to the sciences. His preferred way of doing that is an example of what John Dewey once called “broken‐backed naturalism.” In contrast, Deweyan humanism accomplishes Drees's purpose in a more thoroughly naturalistic way. It does not bifurcate the world into the domain of the sciences—the natural world—and the domain of religion—the provider of answers to limit questions about the world as a whole, which fall outside the scope of the sciences.
Keywords
humanism, timeless transcendent God, naturalism
How to Cite
Robbins, J., (1997) “Broken‐Backed Naturalism”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 32(4), 585–592. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.00113