In 2026, the Center for Christogenesis celebrated a decade of visionary work—ten years of imagining love as the energy of transformation, and a pivotal turning point as that work continues under a new name: the World Institute for Science, Religion and Culture (WISR). We invite you to gather with us in person (and online) at Villanova University to mark this milestone and deepen our shared journey.
In this session of Process Explorations, Jared Morningstar will introduce Mullā Ṣadrā, a Shiʿi Muslim philosopher and mystic who pioneered a process metaphysics within Islamic thought. This presentation will offer a brief sketch of Mullā Ṣadrā’s life and introduce the central doctrines of his philosophical system, with the aim of bringing this post-classical Islamic thinker into the wider conversation on process-relational thought. Along the way, comparisons with canonical process philosophers such as Alfred North Whitehead and Gilles Deleuze will help clarify Ṣadrā’s place among them.
This six-session course taught by Josh Hogins and Matt Segall introduces students to Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy, emphasizing its application to modern science and cosmology. It explores the applications of process thought to physics, biology, and neuroscience, as well as its potential for integrating natural science and the humanities.
Advent opens with one of the most interventionist prayers in scripture: “O that you would tear open the heavens and come down.” So what does a process theologian do with it? Tripp Fuller joins the conversation to explore Advent through a God whose power persuades rather than coerces. The Annunciation becomes a model of divine action, with its lure, its question, and Mary’s yes. Waiting turns into openness to genuine novelty rather than a forecast, and the incarnation is read as God’s deepest participation in the world, the “fellow-sufferer who understands,” rather than a one-time intrusion into it.
Christian leadership is at work in worship, outreach, religious education, pastoral care, self care, and administration. This learning circle seeks to explore process theology and offer a process perspective on the real challenges related to church leadership.
This six-session online series brings the Zen teachings of Dōgen into conversation with the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. Through readings from The Essential Dōgen, Whiteheadian commentary, a response from within the Sōtō Zen tradition, and open discussion, participants will explore what these two visions offer for awakening, everyday life, and compassionate participation in an interdependent world.
This six-session course taught by Josh Hogins and Matt Segall introduces students to Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy, emphasizing its application to modern science and cosmology. It explores the applications of process thought to physics, biology, and neuroscience, as well as its potential for integrating natural science and the humanities.
Christian Process Explorations is a discussion group that focuses on the exploring, sharing, and practice of Christian process-relational theology, as relevant to all age groups: children, teenagers, adults, senior citizens, especially focused on applying Christian process-relational theology in local settings and small groups.
Recent breakthroughs in science and philosophy are beginning to disclose the deeper meanings behind our evolving universe. This emerging understanding of nature and history reveals humanity’s higher purpose: to further human evolution by fostering the spiritual growth of people, the cultural growth of civilization, and the maturation of our relationship with nature. In response to the gloomy zeitgeist of our time, Steve McIntosh’s Truth Emerging: A Developmental Philosophy of Purpose and Progress provides a renewed vision of purpose and progress. In this session of Process Explorations, Steve will introduce the main ideas from the book and share his reflections on noosphere evolution.
This six-session course taught by Josh Hogins and Matt Segall introduces students to Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy, emphasizing its application to modern science and cosmology. It explores the applications of process thought to physics, biology, and neuroscience, as well as its potential for integrating natural science and the humanities.
This six-session course taught by Josh Hogins and Matt Segall introduces students to Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy, emphasizing its application to modern science and cosmology. It explores the applications of process thought to physics, biology, and neuroscience, as well as its potential for integrating natural science and the humanities.
What new questions emerge for philosophy of religion when established assumptions about humanity, reality, knowledge, religious belonging, and the future no longer hold? How can scholarship advance worthy projects for our future survivorship and thriving? Does religion have new relevancy in an area of climate crisis, machine learning/AI, and increased global socioeconomic living pressures? What voices have been historically excluded in the Philosophy of Religion, and what moral duty, if any, do we have to include them?
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The Center for Process Studies manages a private discussion group on Facebook where you can dig into the finer points of process philosophy and theology in a community of intellectually-engaged students of these subjects. Here too you will find regular postings sharing new books and journal articles in process studies, as well as updates about upcoming events and offerings from various organizations.