“To Sir, With Love”?: On Grounding Protests in Skeptical Politics
by Brianne Donaldson
The duty of tolerance is our finite homage to the abundance of inexhaustible novelty which is awaiting the future, and to the complexity of accomplished fact which exceeds our stretch of insight.
—Alfred North Whitehead, Adventures of Ideas, 65
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Imaginative Justice: Summary Questions
by Brianne Donaldson
This essay is one of a 6-part series titled “What is Justice?”:First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth
Justice seems to be a relentless exercise of moral imagination mixed with some blue collar repair skills to adjust the scales of well-being when they have fallen ask..
Falling Process
by Ann Milliken Pederson
We were meant to fall: never created perfect in the first place. Falling is what leaves do best when the season turns from the hot intensity of summer to the crisp, chilly air of fall. My hibiscus is still radiating with the warmth of summer even as it is brought ..
Is G_d following or leading? Both/And!
By Dr. Arlette Poland
Whitehead was ambiguous about time in many ways. It was not totally clear in his explanations about the creator deity whether that deity was the lure in our future or the nudge from our past. Many have argued for one or the other answer. Some have answered that issue with ..
A Hearse On the Highway
by Brianne Donaldson
The enjoyment of power is fatal to the subtleties of life. Ruling classes degenerate by reason of their lazy indulgence in obvious gratifications.
—A. N. Whitehead
Adventures of Ideas, 106
Today an empty hearse cornered sharply onto the street ahead of me, speeding toward ..
Can Prehension Lead to Truth?
By Arlette Poland
The actual occasion, as it is becoming actual, prehends information from the past. It determines what to eliminate or keep or ignore. It is as if the occasion matches the energy of the past and thus decides what to accept or not into its becoming. It is like an emotional resp..
Social Justice: Making Visible the Unseen
by Brianne Donaldson
This essay is one of a 6-part series titled “What is Justice?”:First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth
Social justice puts flesh on the bones of Rawls’ principles of fairness discussed in the last segment, bringing individuals and communities to life. Bodies and voic..
Process Thoughts as A Truth Story: The reality of connection is the meeting place of Truth
By Arlette Poland
Hasidism (an Orthodox form of Judaism) has many stories all of which not only draw on the past but also and more importantly on the opportunity for learning how to live the teaching about connection and care. Many of the stories teach of the yetzer ha’rah and the yetzer ha’tov..
On a Bicycle Built for Two—A Tandem theology
by Ann M. Pederson
The simple definition of tandem from Merriam-Webster.com: a group of two people or things that work together or are associated with each other.
“There is, however, in the Galilean origin of Christianity yet another suggestion which does not fit very well with any of t..