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A Process Christmas
by Carolyn Roncolato
The standard Christmas story- preached from pulpits, performed in pageants, colored on cards, and sung in songs- depicts Jesus as some sort of perfect God baby- “the cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, but little lord Jesus no crying he makes.” Christian loyalty to Greek ph..
CONCRESENCE AS INCLUSION IN EVERY BECOMING MOMENT
by Dr. Arlette Poland
Whitehead coined the term conscresence. It is described variously as the intake and decision making in the becoming event or experience. John Cobb, Jr. describes it as the “process of becoming ‘concrete’.” (Cobb, 2008, 59) The process takes place in time and is experienced..
CARE AND CONNECTION: THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME
By Dr. Arlette Poland
Whitehead taught that every becoming occasion or moment is filled with all of the past. For him, when he waxed religious, that past included information from a deity. Some Process Theists argue that the deity is in front of the becoming moment luring it to its best result…
Tielhard and Whitehead – September 2014
Question: Are there aspects of Teilhard’s theology that you regard as superior to Whitehead’s? Publication Month: September 2014
Like all good questions, this is multifaceted. If it means are there are features of Teilhard’s thought that lead me to modify what I..
Wesleyan Theology and Process Theology – August 2014
Question:
Process theology has been influential and controversial in Wesleyan-Holiness theology. What about John Wesley’s thought to you find most amenable to process theology? Publication Month: August 2014I appreciate this question. For a fuller answer, I ref..