natural religion

"Natural religion" contrasts with revealed religion by relying on reason and nature rather than divine revelation.

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Definition

(academic, formal)A belief system based on human reason and the natural world, excluding supernatural elements.

Many Enlightenment thinkers were proponents of natural religion, emphasizing reason over revelation.

(academic, formal)A perspective that understands the divine through nature and rational thought, not through sacred texts or miracles.

Natural religion suggests that one can find evidence of a higher power in the laws of nature.

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