This book is a study in a new form of religious naturalism called “Deep Pantheism,” which has roots in American Transcendentalism, but also in phenomenology and Asian thought. It argues that the great divide within nature is that between nature naturing and nature natured, the former term defined as “Nature creating itself out of itself alone,” while the latter term defined as “The innumerable orders of the World.” Explorations are made of the connections among the unconscious of nature, the archetypes, and the various layers of the human psyche. The Selving process is analyzed using the work of C.G.Jung and Otto Rank. Evolution and involution are compared as they relate to the Encompassing, and the priority of art over most forms of religion is argued for.

"Bringing process thought, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and ecotheology together while attempting to move beyond the limits of all of them, Corrington proposes a model for relating to nature as 'all there is' while avoiding the reductive tendencies that characterize many versions of naturalism. Claiming to offer a 'new transcendentalism' in the spirit of Emerson’s appropriation of a Spinozistic conception of nature as both 'natured' and, perhaps more important, 'naturing,' the author advocates moving beyond theism in all its forms, and beyond any notion of creation ex nihilo that might operate therein, to attend to the process of 'selving,' by which humanity is opened in its very being to the depth of nature and the possibilities for reconceiving divinity within this depth. This book stands as a constructive proposal for phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and religion. Even if one is not convinced by the arguments, the sheer originality of the proposal and the innovation of the application make it worth careful attention. That said, the book is likely to be of most interest to those working in progressive strands of ecotheology. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." - CHOICE

"Deep Pantheism:Toward a New Transcendentalism is one of the most creative works to appear in philosophical theology in quite some time. The author of the text, Robert S. Corrington, is a philosopher of singular genius and ingenuity. . . . I consider Deep Pantheism Corrington’s most compelling and significant theological contribution to date. The religious and spiritual vision it presents is radical and unorthodox yet arresting, nontribal, and philosophically complex. I cannot recommend the book strongly enough, especially for anyone interested in exploring nonreductive forms of naturalism or moving beyond supernatural theism and quasi-naturalistic theologies such as panentheism." - The Journal Of Religion