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Christianity and Process Thought : Spirituality for a Changing World.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: West Conshohocken : Templeton Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (176 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781599471648
  • 1599471647
  • 1282450875
  • 9781282450875
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christianity and Process Thought : Spirituality for a Changing World.DDC classification:
  • 230/.046
LOC classification:
  • BT55.B73 2006
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: "In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being" (Acts 17:28); Chapter 2: Divine and Human Creativity; Chapter 3: The Shape of Things to Come; Chapter 4: The Collective Power of Good and Evil; Chapter 5: The Church and the Kingdom of God; Chapter 6: "What is Truth?" (John 18:38); Chapter 7: Divine Providence and Human Freedom; Chapter 8: Prayer and the Collective Power of Good; Chapter 9: Alpha and Omega: The Beginning and the End; Chapter 10: Science, Faith, and Altruism; Chapter 11: Learning to Trust; Notes; Index.
Summary: Joseph A. Bracken, S.J., introduces the process-relational metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead and other process theologians as he tries to reconcile the sometimes-conflicting views of traditional Christian doctrines and the modern scientific world. To present thi material in an accessible manner to a wider audience, Bracken reworks Whitehead's "model" of the God-world relationship, showing that God is involved in an ongoing, ever-changing relationship with humans and other creatures. He also discusses the work of other contemporary theologians to help Christians come.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)389197

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: "In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being" (Acts 17:28); Chapter 2: Divine and Human Creativity; Chapter 3: The Shape of Things to Come; Chapter 4: The Collective Power of Good and Evil; Chapter 5: The Church and the Kingdom of God; Chapter 6: "What is Truth?" (John 18:38); Chapter 7: Divine Providence and Human Freedom; Chapter 8: Prayer and the Collective Power of Good; Chapter 9: Alpha and Omega: The Beginning and the End; Chapter 10: Science, Faith, and Altruism; Chapter 11: Learning to Trust; Notes; Index.

Joseph A. Bracken, S.J., introduces the process-relational metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead and other process theologians as he tries to reconcile the sometimes-conflicting views of traditional Christian doctrines and the modern scientific world. To present thi material in an accessible manner to a wider audience, Bracken reworks Whitehead's "model" of the God-world relationship, showing that God is involved in an ongoing, ever-changing relationship with humans and other creatures. He also discusses the work of other contemporary theologians to help Christians come.

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