Process & Faith

In this Pop-Up, Dr. Zhenbao Jin will discuss the cosmology of #Taoism and #Confucianism from the perspective of process #philosophy and explore #meditation as the way to embody such a cosmology. RSVP: buff.ly/43evVjM

"To perceive oneself existing interdependently in the world calls for responsible thought and action toward injustice anywhere in the world." — Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, Process Studies, vol. 14:2, p. 82

In this ground-breaking book, best-selling and award-winning author @thomasjayoord explains why omnipotence should be rejected. But Oord offers a replacement: amipotence, the power of uncontrolling love. buff.ly/3Nwg9MP

Starting June 21: led by Kazi Adi Shakti, "Buddhist Process Explorations" will examine the intersections, synergies, & contrasts between process thought & Buddhist philosophies. Learn more & register: buff.ly/43LugmS

"Love involves suffering the freedom to be acted upon by another." — Daniel Day Williams, The Spirit and Forms of Love, p. 265

Religion and Ecological Crisis delves into the complex relationship between religions and ecology, presenting Christian and Islamic perspectives. It examines how faith traditions of the world see and respond to our climate change issues. buff.ly/441w4Yy

Did you miss our Pop-Up with Carlos Barbosa Cepeda (@shaikai) on #Nishitani Keiji's #philosophyofmind last month? The recording of his presentation on this interesting topic is now available on the Process & Faith YouTube channel! youtu.be/z2SW4FYw604

Did you miss our Pop-Up with Chad Bahl on #Deconstructing Hell last month? The recording of his presentation on this interesting topic is now available on the Process & Faith YouTube channel! youtu.be/g2jlEOAkwp4

"To act in love is to act with creation; to act against love is to act against creation." — Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, God-Christ-Church, p. 102

This book by @ThouArtThat is an experiment in thinking beyond the transcendental threshold of Kant's critical philosophy. It draws from Schelling and Whitehead to bridge the epistemological chasm that Kant's critiques hewed between knowledge and reality. buff.ly/3CffFE8

Join us on June 12th! Dr. Mark Karris will discuss why individuals are leaving the church; we’ll also delve into the religious trauma caused by Hell indoctrination, and explore the impact of these beliefs and coping strategies. Learn more and sign up: buff.ly/3CgMMr6

"If we do not make hard choices now, we will be forced to make truly horrible ones later." — John B. Cobb, Jr.

For adventurers who risk the encounter with Whitehead's text, its treasures feel like balm on the burning wounds of division. It is permeated with musical rhythms and harmonics, revealing not a mind in which we can live, but one that challenges all rest. buff.ly/3qjBa4d

Muhammad Iqbal’s Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam opportunities to think about Muslim process theologies and consider what Islamic intellectual history provides to process thinking. Join this 8-week reading group, starting on June 11th. buff.ly/3qoiNL6

"In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of a defeat; but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress towards a victory." — Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, p. 267

This delightful devotional book draws from Bruce Epperly's decades of experience as a pastor, but also from simply living the principles of process-relational theology. Each chapter focuses around a quotation from Alfred North Whitehead. amazon.com/Taking-Walk-White…

"All of reality is to be understood to be in process; therefore, education is oriented to helping persons appreciate and participate in the universe as it changes through time." — Mary Elizabeth Moore, Teaching from the Heart, p. 17