Announcing the Rebranding of The Dionysian Naturalist: Studies in Religious Naturalism and Other Emerging Nature Religions
Announcing the Rebranding of The Dionysian Naturalist Studies in Religious Naturalism and Other Emerging Nature Religions Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D. After seventeen years of sustained theological work—beginning with early explorations of ecstatic spirituality and culminating in the systematic articulation of Dionysian Naturalism as a coherent religious tradition—the time has come to rename and reposition this platform in a way that accurately reflects what it has become. Effective today, The Dionysian Naturalist carries a new subtitle: Studies in Religious Naturalism and Other Emerging Nature Religions . This change signals a shift in self-understanding. What began as occasional reflections has evolved into something more substantial: a serious, long-form, open-access research platform dedicated to constructive theological work within the Religious Naturalist tradition. This is not a blog. The distinction matters. Blogs trade in opinion, reaction, and informal commentary...