Citation

Brown, Andrew James. “Free-Religion, an Evolutionary Religion for the World of Tomorrow.” Blogspot. Caute, 7 Feb. 2026, https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/02/free-religion-evolutionary-religion-for.html.

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Per Andrew James Brown, jiyū shūkyō is a form of evolutionary religion per Schellenberg.

Per Schellenberg, why is it rash and arrogant to assume that the best religious possibilities are already behind us? :: In contrast to time, religion is just beginning.

Per Andrew James Brown, how do science and religion historically differ in general in terms of how they respond to changes? In science, later work could overturn best theories. In religion, a tradition is treated as the final answer.

How does someone adhering to an evolutionary religion speak about matters of ultimate reality? :: Cautious about speaking with hard certainty.

Per Schellenberg, if religion is to be religion at all, what must it have? :: A clear vision

What is the clear vision Schellenberg believes religion must have? :: A view of the Divine that could guide a religious life.

Schellenberg's suggested three broad marks of a religion's ultimate reality.
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2. Greater than nature in worth.
3. Greater than nature in what it can make possible for us.
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Deeper than the physical world.

Schellenberg's suggested three broad marks of a religion's ultimate reality.

1. Deeper than the physical world.
3. Greater than nature in what it can make possible for us.
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   Greater than nature in worth.

Schellenberg's suggested three broad marks of a religion's ultimate reality.

1. Deeper than the physical world.
2. Greater than nature in worth.

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Greater than nature in what it can make possible for us.

Schellenberg's suggested three broad marks of a religion's ultimate reality.
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1. Deeper than the physical world.
2. Greater than nature in worth.
3. Greater than nature in what it can make possible for us.

Per Andrew James Brown, religion is a response to what is perceived to be supremely worth shaping one’s life around.

Per Brown, two temptations in response to Schellenberg's suggested three broad marks of a religion's ultimate reality that must be rejected by evolutionary religion:
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2. They're settled facts.
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They're impossible.

Per Brown, two temptations in response to Schellenberg's suggested three broad marks of a religion's ultimate reality that must be rejected by evolutionary religion:

1. They're impossible.

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They're settled facts.

Difference between belief and faith per Schellenberg? :: Belief aims settled claims; faith commits without pretending to have final proof.

Per Andrew James Brown, how does evolutionary religion live in imagination? :: Tries things out while staying open to revision.