How do Reconstructionists approach God?
Reconstructionism, which proposes a religious humanist theology, sees God as a Power or Process working through nature and human beings. It is therefore incumbent upon us to bring divinity into the world through our actions, thereby increasing God’s presence in our physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual lives, as individuals and as faith-based communities. For example, instead of speaking of a just, kind, compassionate God, we might state that justice, kindness and compassion are Godly and we commit to self-consciously live according to these values. Approaching God in this manner enables us to perceive the holy in our daily lives and to infuse our interactions with an element of the Divine. This communal understanding of God co-exists with a wide variety of personally held beliefs.
