Christianity And Process Thought

Author : Joseph A. Bracken
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781599471648

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Christianity and Process Thought by Joseph A. Bracken Pdf

“If someone were to ask, ‘Where is God?’ how would you respond?” Joseph A. Bracken, SJ, uses this question as a springboard to introduce the process-relational metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead and other process theologians as he tries to reconcile the sometimes-conflicting views of traditional Christian doctrines and the modern scientific world. To present this material in an accessible manner to a broader audience, Bracken reworks Whitehead’s “model” of the God-world relationship, showing that God is involved in an ongoing, ever-changing relationship with all creatures. He also discusses the work of other contemporary theologians to help Christians come to terms with their role in our multi-dimensional pluralistic society. Bracken examines divine and human creativity, the collective power of good and evil, divine providence and human freedom, prayer, altruism, and the fundamental question, “What is truth?” He shows how Whitehead’s process thought approach to these issues could “harmonize” traditional Christian beliefs and contemporary culture, benefiting faith and reason. Understanding the God-world relationship subtly influences our attitude toward ourselves, toward other human beings, and indeed toward all of God’s creatures, says Bracken. His revision of Whitehead’s metaphysical vision in terms of a cosmic community shows how modern views of the world and God can be accepted and kept in balance with the traditional biblical views found in the Christian faith and how this balance can help Christians make better choices in a world shaped both by contemporary natural science and by traditional Christian spirituality. “If we truly believe that in God, we live and move and have our being and that, as a result, we share with the divine persons in a deeply communitarian way of life together with all of God’s creatures, we may be more readily inclined to make the periodic sacrifice of personal self-interest to pursue the higher good of sustained life in the community. In the end, it is simply a matter of seeing the ‘bigger picture,’ realizing what life is ultimately all about.”

Author : Delwin Brown,Ralph E. James,Gene Reeves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Religion
ISBN : UCAL:B4887246

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Process Philosophy and Christian Thought by Delwin Brown,Ralph E. James,Gene Reeves Pdf

Author : William Norman Pittenger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Christianity
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041229290

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Process-thought and Christian Faith by William Norman Pittenger Pdf

Author : Marc A. Pugliese,John Becker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781793627797

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Process Thought and Roman Catholicism by Marc A. Pugliese,John Becker Pdf

This collection of essays explores convergences and divergences between process thought and Roman Catholicism with the goal of identifying reasons for why process philosophy and theology has not had the same impact in Roman Catholic circles as in Protestantism, and of constructively navigating avenues of promising engagement between Process thought and Roman Catholicism. In creatively considering the Roman Catholic tradition from the vantage point of Process thought, different theoretical perspectives are brought to bear on Catholic characteristics of historical theology, fundamental theology, systematic theology, moral theology, social justice, and theology of religions. While the contributors draw upon a broad range of resources from the disciplines of the physical and social sciences, philosophy, and ethics from a process perspective, the primary methodology employed is theological reflection.

Author : Marjorie Suchocki
Publisher : The Crossroad Publishing Co.
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038611690

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God, Christ, Church by Marjorie Suchocki Pdf

This is one of the most impressive applications of process thought to Christian doctrine and constitutes a kind of process theology mini-summa.--ADRIS Newsletter

Author : Robert C Mesle
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0827229453

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Process Theology by Robert C Mesle Pdf

Where is God when a child runs in front of a car? This primer introduces the reader to a new way of understanding God that offers us a more meaningful and clearer vision of God and the world we live in.

Author : Sandra B. Lubarsky,David Ray Griffin
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791428095

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Jewish Theology and Process Thought by Sandra B. Lubarsky,David Ray Griffin Pdf

Presents essays by Jewish thinkers who have found process thought to be a useful framework for contemporary Jewish thought and a set of conversations between Jewish and Christian thinkers on the appropriateness of process thought for Judaism and Christianity.

Author : John B. Cobb,David Ray Griffin
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664247431

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Process Theology by John B. Cobb,David Ray Griffin Pdf

This book offers an interpretation of the basic concepts of process philosophy and outlines a "process theology" based on it that will be especially useful for students of theology, teachers, ministers, and those interested in theological trends.

Author : Bruce G. Epperly
Publisher : Energion Publications
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781631992575

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Process Theology by Bruce G. Epperly Pdf

Process theology is considered a very complex and difficult to understand system. Is it possible to get a basic grasp of what it is and how it impacts our lives and service to others? In this brief, lively, and engaging book, Dr. Bruce Epperly untangles the difficult concepts of process theology and shows how we can envision a God who is in relation to us throughout our lives here and in the next world. He believes that “God is present at the moment of our conception, guides us through the adventures of this lifetime, urging us to rejoice in embodiment and bring healing to our world, and upon our final earthly breath receives us with open arms with visions of future adventures in communion with God and our fellow creatures.” Not only is this theology easy to understand, but it also challenges us to live out God’s adventure in with joy, sharing God’s life with all of God’s creatures. This book is an excellent introduction to process theology, useful for small groups or individual study, and includes a list of resources for further study.

Author : John B. Cobb
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532602696

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Process Theology as Political Theology by John B. Cobb Pdf

The movement of process theology is brought into creative interaction with political theology in this exciting new work by distinguished author John B. Cobb Jr. Confronted with the critical problems facing the global environment, the author seeks to overcome the abstractness that has kept process thought from achieving practical influence. Cobb reviews contemporary political theology in the works of major European theologians, Johann Baptist Metz, Jürgen Moltmann, and Dorothee Sölle, then surveys the movement in recent German theology. He examines the challenge of political theology in the tradition of the Chicago school and advocates broadening the horizons of political theology into the formulation of an ecological, rather than a sociological, theology. Process Theology as Political Theology responds to the challenge of providing a theological base for the Christian activist. Pastors, seminarians, and students will find it to be a stimulating evolutionary work, derived from the author’s concern for the planet earth.

Author : John B. Cobb,Jeanyne B. Slettom
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725284067

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The Process Perspective by John B. Cobb,Jeanyne B. Slettom Pdf

"Sometimes you just want to know the answer to a question that's been bugging you-especially when it comes to that intriguing but sometimes challenging thing called process theology! Here at last is exactly the right book, with questions written by people like you and answers developed by that best of all process thinkers ,John B. Cobb,Jr. Whether you plunge right in by reading it straight through, or dip into the issues bit by bit, you'll find yourself a partner in a deeply engaging conversation." MARJORIE SUCHOCKI, author of The Whispered Word: A Theology of Preaching and In God's Presence: Theological Reflections on Prayer "Within these lucid pages, one of the great minds of our time speaks with profound clarity. Herein lie the Big Questions. And these are the answers that changed my life!” PATRICIA ADAMS FARMER, author of Embracing a Beautiful God "After being introduced to the worldview of process thought, Christian readers so often ask: 'But how can this worldview be connected with traditional Christian belief and practice?' The Process Perspective offers a process response to the questions that are truly on people's minds: Is God personal? Is prayer effective? Who was Jesus? Why do the innocent suffer? It presents a way of thinking about Christian faith, and living the Christian life, that is a viable alternative to fundamentalism on the one hand and lukewarm liberalism on the other. It displays a Christianity with roots and wings. Thank you, John Cobb." JAY McDANIEL, author of Living from the Center: Spirituality in an Age of Consumerism In this fresh perspective on faith from a man of faith, internationally renowned process theologian John B. Cobb,Jr., addresses more than thirty questions about God, Christ, the Bible, the church, humankind, and ethics. He seeks to put process ideas into plain language, with clear implications for faithful living.

Author : Santiago Sia
Publisher : St Bede's Publications
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0932506461

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Process Theology and the Christian Doctrine of God by Santiago Sia Pdf

An examination, both pro and con, of this controversial topic.

Author : Martin Koci
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438478937

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Thinking Faith After Christianity by Martin Koci Pdf

This book examines the work of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka from the largely neglected perspective of religion. Patočka is known primarily for his work in phenomenology and ancient Greek philosophy, and also as a civil rights activist and critic of modernity. In this book, Martin Koci shows Patočka also maintained a persistent and increasing interest in Christianity. Thinking Faith after Christianity examines the theological motifs in Patočka's work and brings his thought into discussion with recent developments in phenomenology, making a case for Patočka as a forerunner to what has become known as the theological turn in continental philosophy. Koci systematically examines his thoughts on the relationship between theology and philosophy, and his perennial struggle with the idea of crisis. For Patočka, modernity, metaphysics, and Christianity were all in different kinds of crises, and Koci demonstrates how his work responded to those crises creatively, providing new insights on theology understood as the task of thinking and living transcendence in a problematic world. It perceives the un-thought element of Christianity--what Patočka identified as its greatest resource and potential--not as a weakness, but as a credible way to ponder Christian faith and the Christian mode of existence after the proclaimed death of God and the end of metaphysics.

Author : Norman Pittenger
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532635137

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The Christian Church as Social Process by Norman Pittenger Pdf

One of the most important movements in recent philosophy and theology is the “process thought” associated with the name Alfred North Whitehead, the distinguished Cambridge thinker who died in 1947. In North America this conceptuality is increasingly being used by Christian theologians for the restatement of Christian faith, worship, and practice. The present book is the first attempt, by a British theologian, to apply this kind of thinking to the interpretation of the church itself. In an earlier book, “The Last Things” in a Process Perspective, Dr. Pittenger interpreted death, judgement, heaven, and hell in this new way. Now he turns to the church, its nature, its purpose, its ministry, its concern for the world, its interest in social issues, and seeks to show how the Christian fellowship is a “social process” in which the Love which is God and which was incarnate in Jesus is continuing to work in the affairs of men through the community which took to Jesus as its Lord and Master. “Process thought” is at last receiving its due recognition in Britain. In this book the reader will find an application of that conceptuality to the institution which all too often has been looked upon as wooden and static. The contention of the author is that the church, rightly understood, is a dynamic, living, vital, and forward-looking fellowship. He believes that acceptance of this truth will revitalize the discipleship of Christians and will attract and interest those who hitherto have dismissed the church as an outworn and dead “establishment.”

Author : Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580237888

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God of Becoming and Relationship by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL Pdf

You no longer have to choose between what you know and what you believe—an accessible introduction to a theological game-changer. "I wrote this book for you if you want to be able to locate your life in a single, encompassing story, one that includes everything from the first moment the universe began until yesterday, a narrative that embraces deepest personal meaning, a yearning to love and be loved, a quest for social justice and compassion." —from the Introduction Much of what you were told you should believe when you were younger forces you to choose between your spirit and your intellect, between science and religion, between morality and dogma: unchanging laws of nature vs. miracles that sound magical; a good God vs. the tragedies that strike all living creatures; a God who knows the future absolutely vs. an open future that you help to shape through your choices. This fascinating introduction to Process Theology from a Jewish perspective shows that these are false choices. Inspiring speaker, spiritual leader and philosopher Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson presents an overview of what Process Theology is and what it can mean for your spiritual life. He explains how Process Theology can break you free from the strictures of ancient Greek and medieval European philosophy, allowing you to see all creation not as this or that, us or them, but as related patterns of energy through which we connect to everything. Armed with Process insights and tools, you can break free from outdated religious dichotomies and affirm that your religiosity, your spirit, your mind and your ethics all strengthen and refine each other.