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Whitehead and Buddhism – August 2006

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Question: It is well known that process thought affirms along with Buddhism the absence of an intrinsic existence—that is no underlying substance behind any activity. But how then does it maintain this position and at the time affirm the Jamesian account of intrinsic value? Ple..

Whitehead’s Distinction in Relation to Process Theologians – January 2007

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Question: What is distinctive of Whitehead in relation to other process theologians?

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Publication Month: January 2007

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Dr. Cobb’s Response

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Is There One Normative Process Theology? – October 2012

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Question: Is there one normative process theology?

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Publication Month: October 2012

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Wouldn’t it be nice if there were one normative process theology – at least if it were mine! If someone else’s ..

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 ..

L’Chaim: To Life and Impermanence

by Dr. Arlette Poland

There is a continuousness about existence that Whitehead recognized. One event, life, thing even memory flows into another. First there is this and then there is that. If there is no this, as we say in Buddhism, then there is no that. Simple. Not easy – but simple, yes. S..

The Meaning of Making Meaning and Time

By Dr. Arlette Poland

Humans make meaning. That is what we do. We decide if we like a color, a person, an object, a country – or not. We make meaning by our words and deeds. Meaning comes from our thoughts. Feelings follow thoughts and thoughts make meaning. The meaning of our making meaning i..

Relation Is: Ethics Must Follow as Care and Connection

By Arlette Poland

Whitehead taught us that everything that ever was is somehow part of everything that is becoming and then that event that becomes will be part of the next things that are becoming. The activity that leaves out one or another of the past is actually a process: the process of be..

Chaosmic Process Theology: Deleuze and Whitehead

by Austin Roberts

In recent years, I have become interested in the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. What initially attracted me to his work was discovering that Deleuze considered Whitehead to be “the last great Anglo-American philosopher” of the 20th century, calling his magnum opus Process and R..

Is the Mitzvah of Memory Possible in Whitehead’s Process Model?

By Dr. Arlette Poland

Judaism is nothing if it is not its history. That is what I teach my students. One of the first things they hear and likely one of the main things they remember: Jewish history. All of the experience of the history of the Jews is in every prayer, every service, every line ..

The Power of the Subjective Form: Feelings as Perceptive Devices for Care and Connection

by Dr. Arlette Poland

Whitehead teaches us that perception involves several layers of activity. Neuroscience has recently proven his concepts to be accurate. The most simple of examples is our eyesight. Our eyes are not really what see the world. It is the brain that really ‘sees.’ Our eyes per..