«Religion of the noblest kind,» says Wieman (1929), «is man's recognition of this creative cosmic struggle and his personal allegiance to the process of progressive integration» (p. 216). (religion-online.org)
Earlier in the twentieth century, scholars attributed this to the influence of Hellenistic dualism, but now scholars accept a Jewish background to the concept of a cosmic struggle of good and evil. (religion-online.org)
Because of our contemporary awareness of the evolutionary, narrative character of the universe, and the growing sense of our species» continuity with this emergent process, we are now in a position to interpret the long search of religion as a prolongation of the cosmic struggle toward more intense beauty. (religion-online.org)