The Institute for Ecstatic Naturalism is issuing a call for papers for the Fourth International Congress on Ecstatic Naturalism to be held at Drew University on April 11th and 12th\, 2014. \;The theme for this year's Congress is Nature and Psyche although papers on other topics pertinent to ecstatic naturalism will be considered. \;The deadline for submission of a 500 word abstract is January 15th. \;
\n\; Ecstatic Naturalism is a philosophical perspective that argues that nature is all that there is and that the domains of the sacred are in and of nature. \;More particularly\, nature is fissured into the great divide between nature naturing (natura naturans) and nature natured (natura naturata). \;Nature naturing is defined as &ldquo\;nature perennially creating itself from out of itself alone\,&rdquo\; while nature natured is defined as the &ldquo\;innumerable orders of the world.&rdquo\; From this primal distinction/division all else flows. \;
\n\; The inaugural text for this movement is Nature and Spirit: An Essay in Ecstatic Naturalism\, (Fordham University Press\, 1992)\, by Robert S. Corrington. \;The most recent books in this philosophical trajectory are: Nature's Sublime\, by Robert S. Corrington\, Nature&rsquo\;s Primal Self\, by Nam T. Nguyen\, Charles Sanders Peirce and a Religious Metaphysics of Nature\, by Leon Niemoczynski\, and Naturalism&rsquo\;s Philosophy of the Sacred\, by Martin O. Yalcin.
\n\; Please send your abstract to: Leon Niemoczynski at lniemocz@mail.immaculata.edu \;
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