ABSTRACT
I defend a form of naturalism that has much in common with Iris Murdoch’s ‘true naturalism’, and I spell out what this ‘liberal’ or ‘expansive’ naturalism amounts to, making reference to some recent philosophers who have taken such a position seriously. These expansive naturalists operate from within a secular framework, but I argue – somewhat shockingly from their point of view – that expansive naturalism can accommodate God. I consider what it could mean for naturalism to be theistic in this sense, respond to the charge that it leaves no room for the transcendent, and make explicit the significance of love in this context.
