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Syntheism is a new religious movement that is focused on how atheism and Pantheism can achieve the same feelings of community and awe experienced in traditional World Religions.. The Syntheist Movement sees itself as the practical realisation of a philosophical ambition for a new religion dating back as far as Baruch Spinoza's philosophy in the 17th century and, most directly, British-American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead's pioneering work towards a process theology in his books Religion in the Making in 1926 and Process and Reality in 1929.Whitehead, A.N. (1926). Religion in the Making (New York: Fordham University Press, 1996).Whitehead, A.N. (1929). Process and Reality. An Essay in Cosmology. Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Edinburgh During the Session 1927–1928, Macmillan, New York, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Syntheism may also be viewed as a response to the lack of atheistic and pantheistic belief systems in Western cultures (outside of Epicureanism), while being more abundant in Eastern cultures, for example as Zen, Dzogchen, Advaita Vedanta, and Jainism. (1998). 9780198238164, Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198238164
Besides the activism of The Syntheist Movement, a syntheistic approach to philosophy and religion has also been advocated by American philosopher Ray Kurzweil in his concept of the forthcoming Singularity. (1999). 9780965086134, Viking. ISBN 9780965086134 It is also supported by French philosopher Quentin Meillassoux in his idea of "God is a concept far too important to leave to the religious" in his book After Finitude.Meillassoux, Quentin (2006). Après la finitude. Essai sur la nécessité de la contingence, Paris, Seuil, coll. L'ordre philosophique (foreword by Alain Badiou).
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Spiritual naturalism is considered to be an American version of Syntheism..
Despite being human creations, what is important is that these beliefs strengthen, and not contradict, science. They must therefore be developed within a Monism worldview (the conviction that there is one world and one world only, and that everything within this one world can affect everything else). In a more poetic vein, Bataille describes his atheology as “the art of non-knowledge”. He rather advocates a syntheist religion without a core set of beliefs. Participatory festivals with Utopianism themes such as Burning Man are considered examples of syntheistic practice.
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