Process Theology: An Introductory ExpositionProcess Theology is an introductory exposition of the theological movement that has been strongly influenced by the philosophies of Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne. It offers an interpretation of the basic concepts of process philosophy and outlines a "process theology" that will be especially useful for students of theology, teachers of courses in contemporary philosophy, ministers, and those interested in current theological and philosophical trends. |
Contents
FOREWORD | 7 |
KEY TO REFERENCES | 12 |
Basic Concepts of Process Philosophy | 13 |
Doctrinal Beliefs and Christian Existence | 30 |
God as CreativeResponsive Love | 41 |
A Theology of Nature | 63 |
Human Existence | 80 |
Jesus Christ | 95 |
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A. K. Sarkar A. N. Whitehead actual affirms Alfred North Whitehead basic body Buddhist Bultmann causation Chapter Charles Hartshorne Chicago Christ Christian faith Christology church concrescence conscious beliefs consciousness constituted contribute creative love creative transformation creatures DAVID RAY GRIFFIN deity discord doctrine elements emergence ence enduring individuals enjoy enjoyment environment ethical fact feeling forms freedom future God's harmony Hartshorne Hartshorne's Hence human existence idea ideal images important incarnate influence intrinsic involved Jesus Leibniz Macmillan Company means ment metaphysical moral notion novelty occasion of experience one's ontological past person possible prereflective present prethematized Primordial Nature problem of evil Process and Reality process philosophy process theology process thought rational realization relation religion religious responsive love sense species structure of existence theologians things tion tive traditional theism triviality understanding University Press Westminster Press Whitehead's Philosophy Whitehead's thought Whiteheadian